Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-12-02 Thread Linda
Hello, Wei has suggested I "send a summarised email on [my] work to xen-devel so that people are aware of [my] work." To that end, and to save Wei from reinventing the wheel, I am providing the following: First to correct a misconception, I followed the state change protocol of x

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-12-01 Thread Linda
On 12/1/2015 7:46 AM, Wei Liu wrote: On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 07:37:43AM -0700, Linda wrote: On 12/1/2015 4:47 AM, Wei Liu wrote: On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:19:18PM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: Hi Wei, could you please explain why/how you would have done the project differently now and why these

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-12-01 Thread Wei Liu
On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 07:37:43AM -0700, Linda wrote: > > > On 12/1/2015 4:47 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:19:18PM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: > >>Hi Wei, could you please explain why/how you would have done the project > >>differently now and why these patches are not "good"? F

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-12-01 Thread Linda
On 12/1/2015 4:47 AM, Wei Liu wrote: On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:19:18PM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: Hi Wei, could you please explain why/how you would have done the project differently now and why these patches are not "good"? From my conversation with Linda, I understood that her code is "Indepe

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-12-01 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:19:18PM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: > Hi Wei, could you please explain why/how you would have done the project > differently now and why these patches are not "good"? From my conversation > with Linda, I understood that her code is "Independent of virtio except the > 9pvirti

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-30 Thread Neil Sikka
Hi Wei, could you please explain why/how you would have done the project differently now and why these patches are not "good"? From my conversation with Linda, I understood that her code is "Independent of virtio except the 9pvirtio specific code, which is used extensively." On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 a

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-23 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:51:04AM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: > Wei, based on our discussions, you will review as much as possible before > leaving for vacation, and have started last Wednesday. Could you please > share what you are reviewing so I (and anyone else interested) can also > assist in rev

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-23 Thread Neil Sikka
Wei, based on our discussions, you will review as much as possible before leaving for vacation, and have started last Wednesday. Could you please share what you are reviewing so I (and anyone else interested) can also assist in reviewing it? As you said, the front/back end negotiation protocols ne

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-19 Thread Linda
Hi Wei, On 11/19/2015 8:03 AM, Wei Liu wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 09:55:00AM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: Is there any documentation about planned interfaces and API contracts for people building around the virtio/9pfs layers? For example, while this is I assume that you're interested in getti

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-19 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 08:02:35PM -0700, Linda wrote: > Hi Wei, > > On 11/16/2015 10:35 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:22:41AM -0700, Linda wrote: > ... > >> > >>The bug is a timing issue: During virtio's probe step, on the front end, it > >>initialized the mount path. Since a

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-19 Thread Wei Liu
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 09:55:00AM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: > Is there any documentation about planned interfaces and API contracts for > people building around the virtio/9pfs layers? For example, while this is I assume that you're interested in getting 9pfs to work but don't care much about how

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-19 Thread Neil Sikka
Is there any documentation about planned interfaces and API contracts for people building around the virtio/9pfs layers? For example, while this is still getting debugged/checked in, in order to build DomU support for these devices, the expected API contracts/interfaces would need to be known. On

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-18 Thread Wei Liu
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:50:29PM -0700, Linda wrote: > > > On 11/17/2015 11:35 AM, Neil Sikka wrote: > >How does Linda's work relate to Wei's patches available here (I didnt see > >them in Xen-4.6.0): > > > >http://downloads.xen.org/Wiki/VirtioOnXen/qemu-01-xenpv-exec.patch > >http://downloads.

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-17 Thread Linda
On 11/17/2015 11:35 AM, Neil Sikka wrote: How does Linda's work relate to Wei's patches available here (I didnt see them in Xen-4.6.0): http://downloads.xen.org/Wiki/VirtioOnXen/qemu-01-xenpv-exec.patch http://downloads.xen.org/Wiki/VirtioOnXen/qemu-02-virtio-for-pv.patch I'll let Wei answer

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-17 Thread Neil Sikka
How does Linda's work relate to Wei's patches available here (I didnt see them in Xen-4.6.0): http://downloads.xen.org/Wiki/VirtioOnXen/qemu-01-xenpv-exec.patch http://downloads.xen.org/Wiki/VirtioOnXen/qemu-02-virtio-for-pv.patch Also, since 9p is being worked on, which is a filesystem that shou

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-16 Thread Linda
Hi Wei, On 11/16/2015 10:35 AM, Wei Liu wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:22:41AM -0700, Linda wrote: ... The bug is a timing issue: During virtio's probe step, on the front end, it initialized the mount path. Since at that time, the front end doesn't have access to the back end's entries i

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-16 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:22:41AM -0700, Linda wrote: > > > On 11/16/2015 9:51 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 09:36:24AM -0700, Linda wrote: > >>Hi Wei, > >> > >>On 11/16/2015 8:16 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > >>>Hi Linda > >>> > >>>On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:23:22AM -0700, Linda wrote: >

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-16 Thread Linda
On 11/16/2015 9:51 AM, Wei Liu wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 09:36:24AM -0700, Linda wrote: Hi Wei, On 11/16/2015 8:16 AM, Wei Liu wrote: Hi Linda On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:23:22AM -0700, Linda wrote: Hello, I worked this summer as an intern under Julien Grall and Wei Liu. My proj

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-16 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 09:36:24AM -0700, Linda wrote: > Hi Wei, > > On 11/16/2015 8:16 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > >Hi Linda > > > >On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:23:22AM -0700, Linda wrote: > >>Hello, > >> I worked this summer as an intern under Julien Grall and Wei Liu. My > >>project was to develop

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-16 Thread Linda
Hi Wei, On 11/16/2015 8:16 AM, Wei Liu wrote: Hi Linda On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:23:22AM -0700, Linda wrote: Hello, I worked this summer as an intern under Julien Grall and Wei Liu. My project was to develop a prototype/proof of concept xen front/back end for the 9p file system. I mos

Re: [Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-16 Thread Wei Liu
Hi Linda On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:23:22AM -0700, Linda wrote: > Hello, > I worked this summer as an intern under Julien Grall and Wei Liu. My > project was to develop a prototype/proof of concept xen front/back end for > the 9p file system. I mostly hacked the virtio 9p system. > This

[Xen-devel] 9p file system for xen

2015-11-13 Thread Linda
Hello, I worked this summer as an intern under Julien Grall and Wei Liu. My project was to develop a prototype/proof of concept xen front/back end for the 9p file system. I mostly hacked the virtio 9p system. This project was not complete, at the end of the summer. Julien said that