Re: [Minios-devel] Excited for Xen Project in Outreachy

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Kanika,

Thanks for your interest in Xen Project!
One reply inline below.

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Hi Kanika,
> 
> I CC'ed two lists and the mentors of projects. Thank you for your interest in 
> the project.
> 
> > I seek guidance in choosing the suitable sub-project in Xen according to my 
> > skill set.
> We have two sets of projects on 
> https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/xen-project/
> * 3 around Unikraft (mentor: Simon the technical side, I on the 
> process/people side). We are both based in UTC+1 - IRC is #unikraft
> * 1 for Xen on ARM (mentors: Stefano & Edgar). Stefano is in UTC-8, Edgar is 
> UTC-7 or 6 (can't quite recall) - IRC is #xendevel
> 
> > I wish to begin my contribution as soon as possible. I request you to 
> > connect me to the mentors in case IRC is not the best way to get in touch 
> > with them.
> Simon is unfortunately not around this week but will be next week.
> Stefano and Edgar, are around I believe
> 
> For practical reasons:
> * Please sign up to the minios-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 
> xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (as appropriate)
>    (see http://lists.xenproject.org for instructions: if you use the 
> "subscribe subject pattern" make sure you send the mail to 
> minios-devel-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ...) 
> * Please double check time requirements: This is because in the past there 
> frequently were issues with Outreachy and University course time requirements 
> in particular with Universities from India. I believe that there will be 
> extra checks later in the application process, which may require letters from 
> your University. We had one case, where an applicant did a small project, but 
> we were not allowed to accept her due to time requirements.
> * Let us know timezone you are in and when you can hang out on IRC 
> * Your registered IRC nickname (please register your nick - see 
> https://www.xenproject.org/help/irc.html under Netiquette)
> 
> Note that my IRC nick is lars_kurth, Simon's is skuezer, Stefano's is 
> sstabellini, and I am afraid I can't remember Edgar's
> 
> If you are interested in Unikraft
> * Build the hello world unikraft app: see 
> https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Unikraft & ;
> http://unikraft.neclab.eu/ and report back
> * Familiarize yourself with the workflow at 
> https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Submitting_Xen_Project_Patches#How_to_Generate.2C_and_Submit_a_Xen_Project_Patch_to_MiniOS_and_Unikraft
>  (please read the entire document) 
> 
> For the ARM project, I will let Stefano and Edgar decide.

For the ARM project, it would be good to get familiar with Xen on ARM,
to learn how to build it:

https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions#Building_Xen_on_ARM

and use QEMU to emulate an ARM board to run Xen on it, for testing and
development:

https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/qemu-system-aarch64

Feel free to ask any questions!


> Regards
> Lars
> 
> 
> From: KANIKA SAINI <kanika16047@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2018 at 17:25
> To: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Excited for Xen Project in Outreachy
> 
> Greetings, Lars.
> 
> I'm Kanika Saini and I'm super excited to begin contributing to Xen!
> 
> I seek guidance in choosing the suitable sub-project in Xen according to my 
> skill set. I'm currently pursuing a course in Operating Systems and hence, 
> have been gaining knowledge in kernel programming by short assignments like 
> the implementation of a system call. I'm familiar with assembly programming 
> in MIPS, ARM and x86 as well. 
> About high-level programming - I have experience with Java and have used it 
> for desktop applications and parallel programming.
> 
> There are certain projects listed on the project page and I'm looking for 
> mentors' suggestion on what could be the best for both me and Xen. I have 
> introduced myself on the #unikraft channel and I'm expecting a reply from the 
> community.
> 
> I wish to begin my contribution as soon as possible. I request you to connect 
> me to the mentors in case IRC is not the best way to get in touch with them.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> 
> -- 
> Yours sincerely,
> Kanika Saini
> CSE, IIITD Class of 2020
> 
> 
> 
> ‌
> 
>

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