Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:11:37 -0500 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Timecounter Project (GSoc2011) Message-ID: <AANLkTimdpeDLs2t%2Bkot%2BBz3b45fr2ojyEj8J1Xh2nEi6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <imfdc0$ivp$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <AANLkTim1CHsasQTNqGDSHqP_Vesvb03FxDixiLfEJu8_@mail.gmail.com> <imf71f$e7h$1@dough.gmane.org> <AANLkTimRty2GP1x3JdimQ%2B8Y6Co9cd0A=KcZkLfcG3%2Bb@mail.gmail.com> <imfdc0$ivp$1@dough.gmane.org>
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 24/03/2011 12:21, Zhihao Yuan wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Ivan Voras<ivoras@freebsd.org> =C2=A0wr= ote: >>> >>> On 24/03/2011 10:00, Jing Huang wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I am a student of Peking University = in China. I am interest >>>> in the FreeBSD project of "Timecounter Performance Improvements". >>>> >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I am familiar with Linux kernel and = virtualization systems, >>>> like KVM and Xen. I have maintained the Linux Server for my College >>>> for last whole year. Recently, I learned a lot about KVM and assigned >>>> VMs to students who need them. I also have experience of install and >>>> config FreeBSD system. >>> >>> Offtopic for your specific requests, but if you or these students would >>> like >>> to finish porting KVM to FreeBSD, that would also be a great GSoC >>> project! >>> >> >> Linux KVM was ported to FreeBSD before: >> http://retis.sssup.it/~fabio/freebsd/lkvm/ >> >> But their code are not clean, and the implementation only support >> FreeBSD 6/7 (due to the changes to the USB stack). Since there may be >> another big project to clean up their code, FreeBSD dropped that GSoC >> result. > > Yes, that is why I suggested finishing the port :) There is enough work i= n > finishing the KVM port that it can be a new GSoC project. > > (also, finishing FUSE...) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > Well, it depends on the decision of core team. AFAIC, to make the KVM to be committed is very hard, especially for a GSoC project. But... I think the thread is not talking about the KVM itself... FUSE works. It's in the ports, as well as many file systems. --=20 Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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