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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.9 Development Update



On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 02:57:04PM +0200, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> >>
> >>Should we have a section on new PV drivers? If so, I suggest to add:
> >>- Xen transport for 9pfs
> >>- PV Calls
> >
> >Good idea. We could also include DRM and PV Sound (CC Oleksandr).
> >
> This is a great idea. Let me explain what we have and what the direction is:
> 1. Frontends which we already have, working, but need to refactor/cleanup:
> 1.1. PV sound
> 1.2. PV DRM
> 1.3. DISPL protocol, I will push v1 for review right after sndif done
> 1.3. PV DRM mapper (Dom0 generic DRM driver to implement DRM zero copy
> via DRM Prime buffer sharing)
> 1.4. PV events not done, but we are considering [1]. If it fits and
> is maintained,
> then we'll probably stick to it, otherwise new PV will be created
> 
> 2. Backends, for the above frontends already implemented:
> 2.1. A unified library for Xen backends (libxenbe)
> 2.2. DRM + Wayland
> 2.3. ALSA
> 2.4. Events not implemented yet
> 
> All the above sources are available on *public* Github repos
> (I can provide links on request) and the intention is to
> upstream.
>

Please do post the links.. 


Thanks,

-- Pasi
 
> 3. We are interested in extending xl + libxl to support new PV drivers
> 
> Thank you,
> Oleksandr
> 


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