[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-API] [Xen-devel] Getting into shape for GSOC 2013
On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 15:44 +0000, Anil Madhavapeddy wrote: > On 7 Jan 2013, at 16:39, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2013-01-07 at 16:27 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:31:23AM +0100, Dario Faggioli wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 16:44 -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > >>>>> c) Ideally I would like to add biography and interest section for > >>>>> all our mentors. I can create a wiki template for mentors if it > >>>>> helps > >> > >> Ideas for GSOC: > >> > >> - Support microcode update bundled in with the initrd in Xen. > >> Here is the Linux side of it comes out looking: > >> http://markmail.org/thread/ewrs7fa66knfwzbo > >> > >> - Write Xen PV Architecture Book/Manual/whatever. We have been > >> slowly going through the PV architecture and documenting it. > >> It would nice to have somebody full-time doing it and asking > >> questions. And then the answers would be written in this book. > >> > > > > IIRC the documentation-only project will not be accepted. > > So turn it into an executable specification and use that to generate > fuzz tests as well as documentation. > > In particular, doing this for more than just hypercalls, but also for > the ring protocols (to find bugs in the backend drivers) would be a > useful regression harness. Throw in all the latest additions like > multipage rings and various frontend options, and you will certainly > shake out a few bugs (I just accidentally found a netback crash that > I'm reporting separately). > Anil could you put this idea on the project list if you're interested. http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Development_Projects We will start polishing the list for GSoC soon. Wei. _______________________________________________ Xen-api mailing list Xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
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