you should support virtio-9p as well.
in fact, you should probably support it first.
-eric
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Saeid Al-Wazzan <[email protected]> wrote:
> After some review of the provided material and looking over the virtio
> source code in the linux kernel
> I've written the following potential proposal, would this be an acceptable
> project? I'd appreciate any comments
> or corrections. Thank you.
>
> Proposal:
> --
> Allowing Plan 9 to run efficiently in a virtual environment enables those
> who would like to try the system
> to do so without committing to a full installation.
>
> This project aims to utilize the virtio abstraction layer by providing
> front-end virtio drivers to a hypervisor.
> Four drivers will be produced: virtio-net for network devices, virtio-pci
> for PCI devices, virtio-console for
> console devices, and virtio-blk for block devices. [1]
>
> The virtio interface should be consistent with the Plan 9 way of doing
> things, that is, it should provide a
> file system interface that can be accessed through standard read and write
> operations. [2]
> --
>
> References:
>
> [1] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-virtio/
> [2] http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/net/ (2.2 Kernel
> Organization)
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Saeid Al-Wazzan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I've been looking over the ideas page and I'm really interested in
>> Virtio device support. I've read over the specification and I'd like
>> some more information about the difficulty level of this project to
>> see if I can reasonably apply myself to it.
>>
>> I have a good understanding of hardware in terms of computer
>> architecture, digital design, and low level programming. I understand
>> the concepts behind virtual machines (I have not delved into
>> implementations) and I have not written a device driver before. I'm
>> comfortable working with assembly and C.
>>
>> Does this project match my skill level or is there something intrinsic
>> that might prevent me from realistically completing it? I appreciate
>> your feedback.
>
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