[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"
On Sat, 4 Mar 2017, Sky Liu wrote: > 2017-03-02 3:36 GMT+08:00 Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > Thank you for your interest in this project and Xen! > > > > Firstly, I would recommend to install Xen from source on your test > > machine. If you don't have a test machine, you could install it on your > > laptop. Alternatively, Xen on ARM works well on the Cubietruck, also > > known as Cubieboard 2 [1][2]. Finally, Xen works also well on top of Xen > > or KVM virtual machines on x86 (nested virtualization), so that would be > > another way to test it. > > > > I fully agree that the best way to get started is by submitting small > > patches. We'll get back to you soon with some examples of potential > > small fixes to do. In the meantime, I encourage you to setup a dev and > > test environment. > > > > > > [1] > > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/Allwinner > > [2] > > http://www.cubietruck.com/collections/frontpage/products/cubietruck-cubieboard3-cortex-a7-dual-core-2gb-ram-8gb-flash-with-wifi-bt-1 > > Hi, Stefano Stabellini. > > Thanks for getting back to me and sorry for my late reply. > > I've already set up the development environment on my ArchLinux > laptop(ASUS A555L), > with the following uname -a: > Linux sky-arch 4.9.11-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 19 13:45:52 > UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > I've also installed and tested it out, and it works quite normally. > In order to make things work on ArchLinux, > I've written two scripts to assist the build and install process. > (See: https://gist.github.com/blackskygg/2c1f63de6b96f035976dd44aaa39170b). > > Hope to hear back from you soon. That's good to hear. In terms of initial small contributions to get familiar with Xen, give a look at the list of open issues: https://xenproject.atlassian.net/projects/XEN/board most of them are large projects, but some of them are small enough for an initial contributions, for example, XEN-41 (Allow a default command line to be embedded in the hypervisor using Kconfig) and XEN-29 (Add -fstack-protector support to the hypervisor). _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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