Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.9 Development Update

[Artem Mygaiev <artem_mygaiev@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stefano


On 09.12.16 21:01, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>> 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
> Now, I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I thought I was being
> audacious when I wrote both PV Calls and 9pfs for 4.9 - do you really
> think it is feasable to complete upstreaming of PV sound, PV DRM, DISPL,
> PV DRM frontends and backends, all by April? I would probably reduce the
> list a bit.
I am pretty sure we can finish sound and displ. DRM is a "stretch goal" I 
believe :)
>
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