On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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 > His project is for Linux-user, so I sent him here for advice. Warner > 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 >> >>
