On Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 00:18 Arun Krishna K <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am reaching out to you regarding a potential GSoC project, as suggested > by Warner Losh. > Warner did not volunteer to mentor this year. This sounds like an idea from a previous year. Is this the project idea? https://wiki.qemu.org/Internships/ProjectIdeas/FreeBSDUser > I have been researching potential areas for contribution and noticed that > QEMU currently has several missing ioctl calls. I am curious if > implementing these would be a suitable topic for a GSoC project or a > general contribution. > > I want to be clear that I am still evaluating this idea and am not > entirely sure of its feasibility or scope. My current plan is to focus on > the discrepancy between the ioctl headers and their actual implementations > in linux-user/syscall.c to identify unimplemented ioctls. I also noticed > that the current automation relies on regex, which I think can be improved > in complex cases. > You will need to provide more details in order to find a mentor. Which ioctls and which functionality will it enable? Alternatively, maybe there is a project idea in the project ideas list that you would like to apply for? https://wiki.qemu.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026 Stefan > I am interested in building a more reliable method to identify and address > these gaps. > If this is a viable path, I would appreciate your guidance on how to best > approach it or if there are specific areas within this topic I should focus > on. > > Thank you for your time. > > Best regards, > Arun Krishna K > >
