Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver

From	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver
Date	2017-03-09 04:10 +0100
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 10:27:05AM -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 12:00:41PM -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > This patch series implements a new transport for 9pfs, aimed at Xen
> > > systems.
> > > 
> > > The transport is based on a traditional Xen frontend and backend drivers
> > > pair. This patch series implements the frontend, which typically runs in
> > > a regular unprivileged guest.
> > > 
> > > I'll follow up with another series that implements the backend in
> > > userspace in QEMU, which typically runs in Dom0 (but could also run in
> > > a another guest).
> > > 
> > > The frontend complies to the Xen transport for 9pfs specification
> > > version 1, available here:
> > > 
> > > http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/misc/9pfs.markdown;hb=HEAD
> > 
> > Kind of tangential to this series, but maybe it would make sense to implement
> > this transport in a fuse based 9pfs driver? I see there are already several
> > fuse-9pfs implementations around. Something for a GSoC/Outreach project?
> 
> Sure. Additionally, with open source frontends and backends already
> available, it should be easier to code. I am happy to co-mentor the
> project with you, if you feel like it.

I don't mind co-mentoring it, so far I haven't got lucky with any of my other
GSoC projects, but I don't know anything about 9pfs or fuse :).

This also has the difficulty that neither you not me is a member of any of the
9pfs-fuse projects, so it might be hard to get the changes upstream.

Roger.

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[PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:10 +0100
  [PATCH 1/7] xen: import new ring macros in ring.h Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
    [PATCH 7/7] xen/9pfs: build 9pfs Xen transport driver Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
    [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-07 17:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 02:30 +0100
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 21:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 06:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 15:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 6/7] xen/9pfs: receive responses Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 20:30 +0100
    [PATCH 2/7] xen: introduce the header file for the Xen 9pfs transport protocol Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/7] xen: introduce the header file for the Xen 9pfs  transport protocol Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 22:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/7] xen: introduce the header file for the Xen 9pfs  transport protocol Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-06 22:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/7] xen: introduce the header file for the Xen 9pfs  transport protocol Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-06 23:40 +0100
    [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-07 16:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 01:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 15:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 20:30 +0100
      Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> - 2017-03-07 20:00 +0100
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 03:20 +0100
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> - 2017-03-08 13:40 +0100
            Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/7] xen/9pfs: connect to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 20:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3/7] xen/9pfs: introduce Xen 9pfs transport driver Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
    [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 21:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-07 17:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 02:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 15:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 20:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 21:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 22:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 22:30 +0100
    Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] xen: import new ring macros in ring.h Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> - 2017-03-07 20:20 +0100
      Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] xen: import new ring macros in ring.h Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-08 01:30 +0100
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] xen: import new ring macros in ring.h Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> - 2017-03-08 12:50 +0100
  Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2017-03-07 17:50 +0100
    Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-07 19:30 +0100
      Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2017-03-09 04:10 +0100
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> - 2017-03-13 23:40 +0100

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