Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.9 Development Update

[Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/09/2016 03:57 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 02:57:04PM +0200, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> > > > Should we have a section on new PV drivers? If so, I suggest to add:
> > > > - Xen transport for 9pfs
> > > > - PV Calls
> > > Good idea. We could also include DRM and PV Sound (CC Oleksandr).
> > This is a great idea. Let me explain what we have and what the direction is:
> > 1. Frontends which we already have, working, but need to refactor/cleanup:
> > 1.1. PV sound
> > 1.2. PV DRM
> > 1.3. DISPL protocol, I will push v1 for review right after sndif done
> > 1.3. PV DRM mapper (Dom0 generic DRM driver to implement DRM zero copy
> > via DRM Prime buffer sharing)
> > 1.4. PV events not done, but we are considering [1]. If it fits and
> > is maintained,
> > then we'll probably stick to it, otherwise new PV will be created
> >
> > 2. Backends, for the above frontends already implemented:
> > 2.1. A unified library for Xen backends (libxenbe)
> > 2.2. DRM + Wayland
> > 2.3. ALSA
> > 2.4. Events not implemented yet
> >
> > All the above sources are available on *public* Github repos
> > (I can provide links on request) and the intention is to
> > upstream.
> Please do post the links..
Please note these are all WIP:
1. Frontends
https://github.com/andr2000?tab=repositories
2. Backends
https://github.com/al1img?tab=repositories
> Thanks,
>
> -- Pasi
>   
> > 3. We are interested in extending xl + libxl to support new PV drivers
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Oleksandr

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