On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm very interested in Para-Virtualization and Xen. I've been reading > FreeBSD port to xen for sometime now and I'm familiar with the Xen > hypercalls' API. I'm planning to work on porting DFBSD to xen as a PV i386 > guest. I'm a newbie in this, so you probably shouldn't expect a lot. ;-) > > > I just have two questions: > > 1- Is there any body working on this atm ? > No one is working on this, I'm pretty sure. If you're interested in going for it, more power to you! The Xen 3.0+ interface is rather imposing... > > 2- How do you normally start working on this kind of project from an > organizational POV ? > Should I send patches and update my progress on a wiki somewhere ? Or is > there any other recommended methods for doing this ? > Coming into our IRC channel (#dragonflybsd on irc.efnet.net) or mailing the kernel@ list might make sense first, partly to talk about what exactly you plan to do (implement it as a platform (i386 / xen) or whatnot) might make sense. Good luck! -- vs
