Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-03 Thread Norman Feske
Hello Taru, > I might be tempted to apply as a student to GSoC for Genode. great to know there is actual interest in having us participate. So we should definitely go for it! .-) > That is actually quite feasible. The hard issue is interfacing with > Genode specific interfaces done in C++ since

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-03 Thread Norman Feske
Hi, > Two remarks about the two components of your paragraph: > > * If I understand you correctly, you propose to broaden the topic to > anything related to cryptography in Genode, which I'd like to avoid. > The tasks for summer should be tailored for the expected time frame > and also addr

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-02 Thread Taru Karttunen
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:00:10 +0100, Stefan Kalkowski wrote: > On 29.02.2012 13:23, Norman Feske wrote: > > So what do you think? Do you agree that GSoC participation is a good > > idea? Are you interested in playing a role in it, as mentor, or student > > participant? I would be glad about feedba

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-01 Thread Althaf
On 1 March 2012 14:37, Norman Feske wrote: > Hello Althaf, > >> Yes. i vouch for it. However, i have i'm still in doubt regarding the >> quality of the code produce by the students. Well, not undermining >> them, however, before merging the GSoC code with the master, i highly >> recommend a qualit

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-01 Thread Christian Helmuth
Hi, On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 09:58:13AM +0100, Norman Feske wrote: > That said, I am uncertain about the motivation you gave. From a > student's point of view, our needs at Genode Labs may not provide enough > incentive to go for it. If I were a student, I would prefer working on a > topic that is

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-01 Thread Norman Feske
Hello Althaf, > Yes. i vouch for it. However, i have i'm still in doubt regarding the > quality of the code produce by the students. Well, not undermining > them, however, before merging the GSoC code with the master, i highly > recommend a quality check or defined a quality standard so they can >

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-03-01 Thread Norman Feske
Hi, > I also read again through http://genode.org/about/challenges and > http://genode.org/about/road-map. For me, one major goal appropriate > to tackle during the summer is block-device encryption and I want to > promote it hereby. To use Genode every day in Genode Labs it's crucial > to protect

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Christian Helmuth
OMG, what a typo! On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 08:49:16AM +0100, Christian Helmuth wrote: > To use Genode every day in Genode Labs it's crucial > to protect the confidentiality of some information that's part of the > Genode code base, e.g., emails and reports. Certainly, I meant "information that's _

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Christian Helmuth
Hey, On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:48:34PM +0100, Norman Feske wrote: > > That may be a huge task. What about porting a non-trivial application to > > Noux, e.g. binutils? > > My gut also tells me that the whole Wifi package is certainly too heavy > to lift during a GSoC project. But maybe we would

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Norman Feske
> Whole system statistical profiling might not be possible without kernel > support, which makes this hard given the number of kernels Genode runs > on. well, the CPU session interface provides a facility to query thread-state information including the program counter. By virtualizing this interfa

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Julian Stecklina
Am Mittwoch, den 29.02.2012, 21:48 +0100 schrieb Norman Feske: > Hi, > > >> Would it be to daring to propose implementation/port of Intel Wireless > >> (iwlagn) plus WPA supplicant? > > > > That may be a huge task. What about porting a non-trivial application to > > Noux, e.g. binutils? > > My g

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Norman Feske
Hi, >> Would it be to daring to propose implementation/port of Intel Wireless >> (iwlagn) plus WPA supplicant? > > That may be a huge task. What about porting a non-trivial application to > Noux, e.g. binutils? My gut also tells me that the whole Wifi package is certainly too heavy to lift durin

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Julian Stecklina
Am Mittwoch, den 29.02.2012, 16:55 +0100 schrieb Christian Helmuth: > Hi, > > first, I'm definitely available for mentorship as I expect GSoC a > valuable experience and maybe a booster for our project in sense of > contributions and attention. > > Additionally, I also vote for > > On Wed, Feb 2

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Christian Helmuth
Hi, first, I'm definitely available for mentorship as I expect GSoC a valuable experience and maybe a booster for our project in sense of contributions and attention. Additionally, I also vote for On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 04:00:10PM +0100, Stefan Kalkowski wrote: > #113 block cache > #114 vir

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Stefan Kalkowski
On 29.02.2012 13:23, Norman Feske wrote: > So what do you think? Do you agree that GSoC participation is a good > idea? Are you interested in playing a role in it, as mentor, or student > participant? I would be glad about feedback from you. I think it's a good idea to join GSoC. Especially to get

Re: Google Summer of Code 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Althaf
Yes. i vouch for it. However, i have i'm still in doubt regarding the quality of the code produce by the students. Well, not undermining them, however, before merging the GSoC code with the master, i highly recommend a quality check or defined a quality standard so they can comply with it. -- /al