From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 26 23:00:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1662106568C for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:00:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f180.google.com (mail-px0-f180.google.com [209.85.216.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B7F8FC21 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi10 with SMTP id 10so633825pxi.28 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:00:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/lCxdTHem6PO3j+hZI3eMyJ1kc5o5I1tuN9NO4xsn0E=; b=aQYsHUR2EOXxnUMPMVjW8B6uHFeNc0xrbKpMwrnLAUDyU5uidbJU+l41Le2L77EbiP X4b2AUgHXWO60ddaU30Rb1uW8rfD+Fphmf3aQw1vXf6SQBgRI2VvPy3KB330B+2L0sNh EwddQqZrDmbwXhrSpT6HEAehZpiNaC/hokBRI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=tEXx1KvyBHePL3bOXXClS0yL2cfkRhbj+KI1zmPN/80fcrKmNGs0exkGNt61lzqOmc wgh7qxVjmXZTmgAwKAhKIHhKpgo/Ht9lztIOb3QVw1blEkO3IqB0FpJrlhQBxCRbw8BF 4XFiHh2hymQ0g0Zw3dyK4PTKKoWgEegiafKFk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.115.102.16 with SMTP id e16mr10619192wam.202.1251327654764; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:00:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A94CD0D.8070902@prgmr.com> References: <77abe410908211256g44dd20d8o9b50c20357e63a6b@mail.gmail.com> <4A94CD0D.8070902@prgmr.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:00:52 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 788c73ca8c35902c Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Michael David Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finishing up the xen port - would funding help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:00:55 -0000 Give me a few days to get stuff together here and I'll see what I can do in -head. Thanks for all your offers of support. adrian 2009/8/26 Michael David Crawford : > Luke S Crawford wrote: >> >> I could also scrape up some cash. =A0(unfortunately, my own budget isn't= as >> flush as it was a few months ago, >> when I tried to set one of my friends on the project.) > > That friend would be me (no relation). > > I'm afraid I didn't get very far at the time, in part because I had a lot= of > trouble coming to grips with Xen, and because I had never done any FreeBS= D > kernel programming before. > > I would be happy to continue with the work as a volunteer. =A0I'd like to > actually contribute some real code so as to finally earn all the money Lu= ke > paid me. > > I've been reading McKusick's book on The Design and Implementation of the > FreeBSD Operating System. =A0It is very good; I expect I will be able to = do > some meaningful kernel hacking once I finish reading it. > > I gave up on Xen entirely for a while, as I had intended to use it for a > project of my own but just couldn't get it to do what I need. =A0But the = Xen > kernel and Linux Dom0 continue to be actively developed, so I'm intending= to > give it another try. > > I do have experience with kernel and driver programming on Mac OS X and w= ith > embedded systems. =A0I am also a wizard at debugging - I was once on a te= am at > Apple that specialized in fixing the most difficult bugs in the Classic M= ac > OS. =A0I have also done a lot of storage and FireWire work. > > I have a Core 2 Quad Xeon box that runs Fedora 11, as well as a Core 2 Du= o > box that Luke lent me, that runs FreeBSD CURRENT. =A0My intention for tha= t box > has been to learn FreeBSD kernel hacking by fixing some of the existing b= ugs > on real hardware. =A0That's just a step in the process of learning how to= hack > FreeBSD's DomU support. > > Ever Faithful, > > Mike > -- > Michael David Crawford > mdc@prgmr.com > > =A0 prgmr.com - We Don't Assume You Are Stupid. > > =A0 =A0 =A0Xen-Powered Virtual Private Servers: http://prgmr.com/xen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >