Version 0.0.3 was release, which is nearly a complete (and completely trivial) xenctrl.h binding. Aside from unit tests and programs, the main things missing are grant table operations. There is now a quick and dirty home page at the wiki [1] and a darcs repo on c.h.o [2]. Comments, requests, and contributions are all encouraged.
TomMD P.S. I intend to finish the bindings then move onto design/implementation of the higher level 'System.Xen' module when time permits. [1] http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/HsXenCtrl [2] http://code.haskell.org/~tommd/hsXenCtrl On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 00:19 -0400, Thomas M. DuBuisson wrote: > Don, > I'll throw future work ideas in the next releases cabal. The most > obvious doors opened are Haskell rewrites of the current Xen > infrastructure (virt-install, xm, xend). Slightly more interesting > tasks could be (warning: random thoughts): > > 1) HAPPS server that can manage Xen domains (without requiring python > libs or System.cmd) > 2) Network or BSD socket based remote management programs in Haskell. > haxr or session-types might be of use here. > 3) With the functions that can alter the CPUs availability, more complex > rules or sharing arrangements could be implemented. Same concept > applies to other resources such as PCI and memory allocation. Seeing as > Xen doesn't over-commit memory, a guest VM program that detects low/high > memory situations and reports to the host for policy controlled > balloning (adjustment of VM allocated memory) would be kind of fun... > but probably complete overkill for any user of Xen. > > Right now I think the bindings are enough for an 'xm' replacement but > nothing more. I've over doubled the number of functions bound just now. > There will probably be regular releases for the next few weeks as I find > time. > > Thomas > > On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 23:31 -0700, Don Stewart wrote: > > thomas.dubuisson: > > > All, > > > I'm just getting started with hsXenCtrl [1] as both a fun way to play > > > with Xen and become proficient with Haskell FFI. Once I get my > > > community.haskell.org account squared away I'll likely setup a public > > > darcs repo (and a homepage somewhere). > > > > > > As for modules: I intend to expand on the trival FFI bindings in > > > System.Xen.CBindings and there'll be a higher level interface in > > > System.Xen (functions will standardize on returning Either or throwing > > > exceptions, hiding the xc_handle open/close, etc). > > > > > > Typical Disclaimers: > > > The _only_ thing I've actually done with this, just tonight, is pause / > > > unpause domains. API is subject to change! Only my exact build of Xen > > > is sure to work, and no promise even then. > > > > > > TomMD > > > > > > [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/hsXenCtrl > > > > Good stuff. Perhaps the synopsis should include a link or description of > > the typical use cases/ thinks we might achieve? > > > > -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
