9p file system for xen

[Linda <lindaj@jma3.com>]

Hello,
      I worked this summer as an intern under Julien Grall and Wei Liu.  
My project was to develop a prototype/proof of concept xen front/back 
end for the 9p file system.  I mostly hacked the virtio 9p system.
     This project was not complete, at the end of the summer.  Julien 
said that you all wanted to include this in the next release of xen in 
January, and offered to take it over.  I told Julien I wanted to 
continue working on it, which I have been doing, very much in the 
background.
     I came upon a bug in my code recently that made me aware that I am 
not clear what the expectation for what I deliver should be: i.e., 
whether it's still a prototype, or whether this should be production 
software.
     Right now, I do not modify the toolstack (I never learned how), but 
rather start and pause my guest, and then modify xenstore, manually.   I 
can fix my bug in the same manner, but this will limit the usefulness of 
what I deliver.  To do more will hit up against the limitations of my 
time and knowledge.
     So please let me know what you're expecting, especially wrt the 
user interface, and when I would need to complete everything for this 
release.

Thank you.

Linda Jacobson