Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
I think that makes perfect sense. On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, Zhongze Liu wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > What do you say if we extend this project into "sharing multiple > ranges of memory area among VMs from the config file". > > Cheers. > > Zhongze Liu > > 2017-03-30 9:07 GMT+08:00 Zhongze Liu

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-29 Thread Zhongze Liu
Hi Stefano, What do you say if we extend this project into "sharing multiple ranges of memory area among VMs from the config file". Cheers. Zhongze Liu 2017-03-30 9:07 GMT+08:00 Zhongze Liu : > Hi Stefano, > > Thanks for reminding me of the deadline and providing me with

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-29 Thread Zhongze Liu
Hi Stefano, Thanks for reminding me of the deadline and providing me with more information on this project. I did setup the arm model and doing well with it. But after that, I encountered some private issues that I have to handle first, so I failed to get back to you immediately. Sorry for that.

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-28 Thread Stefano Stabellini
Hello Zhongze, did you manage to make any progress with the ARM model? Finally, I would like to remind you of the upcoming deadline for applications submissions, which is the 3rd of April for GSoC and the 30th of March for Outreachy, see: http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel=149071502330534 Please

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-22 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, Zhongze Liu wrote: > Back to the GSoC task. > Do I need to meet any special hardware requirements to complete the task? No special hardware requirements, what you have below is more than enough. However, if you have some spare time, it would be helpful for you to setup an ARM

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-22 Thread Zhongze Liu
Back to the GSoC task. Do I need to meet any special hardware requirements to complete the task? Currently I have 12G RAM and 128G SSD + 1T HDD. The output of "lscpu" on my test machine is as follows: Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s):32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order:

[Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-04 Thread Sky Liu
Thanks for your suggestions. I think I'll try XEN-41. Best Regards, Zhongze Liu. 2017-03-04 3:25 GMT+08:00 Stefano Stabellini >: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2017, Sky Liu wrote: >> 2017-03-02 3:36 GMT+08:00 Stefano Stabellini >: >>

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-03 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Sat, 4 Mar 2017, Sky Liu wrote: > 2017-03-02 3:36 GMT+08:00 Stefano Stabellini : > > > > Thank you for your interest in this project and Xen! > > > > Firstly, I would recommend to install Xen from source on your test > > machine. If you don't have a test machine, you

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-03 Thread Sky Liu
2017-03-02 3:36 GMT+08:00 Stefano Stabellini : > > Thank you for your interest in this project and Xen! > > Firstly, I would recommend to install Xen from source on your test > machine. If you don't have a test machine, you could install it on your > laptop. Alternatively,

Re: [Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-01 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Sky Liu wrote: > Hi, there. > I'm a student majoring in Information Security in HUST and I'm interested in > Xen's > GSoC project on adding page sharing support in the VM config file. > > I've been working in the CGCL lab in HUST for one year and a half, and my > interests >

[Xen-devel] [GSoC]about the task "Share a page in memory from the VM config file"

2017-03-01 Thread Sky Liu
Hi, there. I'm a student majoring in Information Security in HUST and I'm interested in Xen's GSoC project on adding page sharing support in the VM config file. I've been working in the CGCL lab in HUST for one year and a half, and my interests include cloud security, SDN and virtualization.