On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 22:49, Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> wrote:
> > Shreyansh Chouhan <chouhan.shreyansh2...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 17:12, Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> Shreyansh Chouhan <chouhan.shreyansh2...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > >> > Hey everyone! > >> > > >> > I want to work on implementing the emulation for the VritioSound > device. > >> I > >> > contacted the mentor for the project, (Greg), who said it's fine and > >> that I > >> > should declare it on the mailing list in order to find out if someone > >> else > >> > is already working on this project. That is what this mail is for. I > >> tried > >> > searching for "Virtio", "Sound", and "VirtioSound" in the qemu-devel > >> > mailing archives but couldn't find anything. If someone is already > >> working > >> > on it, please let me know, and if not then I'll start working on it > right > >> > away. > >> > >> I'm not working on it but please feel free to CC me on discussion and > >> patches. I have a general interest on Virtio IO implementations at the > >> moment. > >> > > > > Sure! (Though I should mention that I do not know a lot about the virtio > > architecture yet. I am still reading up about it. So most of my mails > might > > be (silly) queries. Though I hope to learn about it soon and send in > > some patches and tests :) > > > > > >> Are you planning to make it an in-QEMU device or maybe a external > >> vhost-user daemon? > > > > The project page states that we need to use the QEMU audio subsystem > > for playing and capturing audio samples. > > Is this one of the QEMU internship projects? > Yes, it is one of the GSoC projects. > > > I am not entirely sure if this implies that the device should be an > > in-QEMU device or if it could be an external daemon. > > I think it implies having the entire emulation in-QEMU. > I see, after reading yours and Gerd's response, I think I will study/think about the implementation details and then decide which will be the best route for me. > > > What do you suggest? > > > > cc Gerd Hoffman > > > > > > > > > >> > >> -- > >> Alex Bennée > >> > > > -- > Alex Bennée >
