From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Thu Mar 24 20:45:57 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C502ADC675 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:45:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from mx1.shrew.net (mx1.shrew.net [38.97.5.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 143A41D4E for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:45:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from mail.shrew.net (mail.shrew.prv [10.24.10.20]) by mx1.shrew.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id u2OKak7I066995 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:36:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from [10.16.32.30] (72-48-144-84.static.grandenetworks.net [72.48.144.84]) by mail.shrew.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2659918A7AC for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:36:41 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Fwd: [GSOC 2016] Introduction and proposal To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org References: <56F3EF1F.4030909@physik.tu-berlin.de> <56F44B07.4060203@physik.tu-berlin.de> From: Matthew Grooms Message-ID: <56F45035.4010406@shrew.net> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:38:13 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56F44B07.4060203@physik.tu-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mx1.shrew.net [10.24.10.10]); Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:36:46 -0500 (CDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:45:57 -0000 On 3/24/2016 3:16 PM, Fabian Freyer wrote: > Hi, > > I've written this post to the freebsd-hackers@ mailing list, but I think it belongs here better. While I appreciate it's very short before the GSOC application deadline, I'd like to ask how the resonance to such a proposal would be, and how the chances to finding a mentor for that project stand. > > Fabian Freyer I really, really hope someone picks up suspend and resume support. IMO, it's the next major hurdle bhyve needs to pass before it can be considered as a serious alternative to other hypervisor options. It also appears to be a prerequisite for more advanced features such as snapshots and live migration. -Matthew