Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-02-05 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 05/02/2020 à 12:16, Stefan Hajnoczi a écrit : > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 09:48:33PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: >> How about this: > > Thank you! I have posted the idea here: > > https://wiki.qemu.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020#Extend_linux-user_syscalls_and_ioctls Thank you Stefan. La

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-02-05 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 09:48:33PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > How about this: Thank you! I have posted the idea here: https://wiki.qemu.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020#Extend_linux-user_syscalls_and_ioctls Stefan signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-02-05 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 09:37:04AM +0100, Laurent Vivier wrote: > Le 30/01/2020 à 12:52, Peter Maydell a écrit : > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 11:20, Laurent Vivier wrote: > >> > >> Le 30/01/2020 à 12:09, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : > >>> Laurent, all this seems to be dependant on whether you are r

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-31 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 12:09:58PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > Stefan, there was an idea in this thread that this project contributes > (apart to QEMU) to another ooen source project (LTP). In my layman view, > this is an advantage. But, how does that fit into GSoC/Outreachy rules? That is

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-31 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 30/01/2020 à 12:52, Peter Maydell a écrit : > On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 11:20, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> >> Le 30/01/2020 à 12:09, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : >>> Laurent, all this seems to be dependant on whether you are ready to >>> mentor the project. Are you? >> >> Yes, of course. >> >>> The

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-30 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 11:20, Laurent Vivier wrote: > > Le 30/01/2020 à 12:09, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : > > Laurent, all this seems to be dependant on whether you are ready to > > mentor the project. Are you? > > Yes, of course. > > > The deadline for submitting GSoC/Outreachy projects (withi

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-30 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 30/01/2020 à 12:09, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : > 14:34 Čet, 23.01.2020. Aleksandar Markovic > је написао/ла: >> >> Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode >> >> >> PLANNED ACTIVITIES >> >> BACKGROUND >> >> There is currently 2500+ ioctls defined

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-30 Thread Aleksandar Markovic
14:34 Čet, 23.01.2020. Aleksandar Markovic је написао/ла: > > Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode > > > PLANNED ACTIVITIES > > BACKGROUND > > There is currently 2500+ ioctls defined in Linux kernel. QEMU linux-user currently supports only several hundred. There is a constant need for

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Aleksandar Markovic
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM Peter Maydell wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 17:51, Aleksandar Markovic > wrote: > > > > I am personally interested in both. However, learning about syscalls and > implementation of support for them in QEMU would require more ramp-up time > from student (as is th

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Peter Maydell
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 17:51, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > > I am personally interested in both. However, learning about syscalls and > implementation of support for them in QEMU would require more ramp-up time > from student (as is the case for any new employee in a similar situation for > tha

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Aleksandar Markovic
15:38 Uto, 28.01.2020. Peter Maydell је написао/ла: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 15:33, Aleksandar Markovic > wrote: > > PART III: > > > > a) Develop unit tests for selected ioctls that are already supported in QEMU. > > These should probably just be part of the external Linux Test Project > test

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 28/01/2020 à 18:32, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : > 15:28 Uto, 28.01.2020. Laurent Vivier > је написао/ла: >> >> Le 27/01/2020 à 17:30, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM Stefan Hajnoczi > mailto:stefa...@redhat.com> >> >

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Aleksandar Markovic
15:28 Uto, 28.01.2020. Laurent Vivier је написао/ла: > > Le 27/01/2020 à 17:30, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM Stefan Hajnoczi > > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 02:34:01PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > >> > *

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 15:33, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > PART III: > > a) Develop unit tests for selected ioctls that are already supported in > QEMU. These should probably just be part of the external Linux Test Project test suite. Incidentally a related topic would be to look at recent ne

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-28 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 27/01/2020 à 17:30, Aleksandar Markovic a écrit : > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM Stefan Hajnoczi > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 02:34:01PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: >> > *Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode* >> > >> > >> > >> >

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-27 Thread Aleksandar Markovic
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 02:34:01PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > > *Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode* > > > > > > > > *PLANNED ACTIVITIES* > > > > BACKGROUND > > > > There is currently 2500+ ioctls defined in Linux

Re: [GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-27 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 02:34:01PM +0100, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > *Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode* > > > > *PLANNED ACTIVITIES* > > BACKGROUND > > There is currently 2500+ ioctls defined in Linux kernel. QEMU linux-user > currently supports only several hundred. There i

[GSoC/Outreachy QEMU proposal] Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode

2020-01-23 Thread Aleksandar Markovic
*Extend support for ioctls in QEMU linux-user mode* *PLANNED ACTIVITIES* BACKGROUND There is currently 2500+ ioctls defined in Linux kernel. QEMU linux-user currently supports only several hundred. There is a constant need for expanding ioctl support in QEMU. Users use Linux-user mode in varie