Hi John, >> * What are your ambitions for 2018? > > I have goals in three basic categories: > > 1. Desktop. This has two parts. The easy one is to switch to Genode as > my VirtualBox host. But I also would like to have the VirtualBox Guest > Additions for using Genode within a VM. > > Would this qualify for the roadmap?
the topic fits well with the overall theme that is emerging. I would probably speak more generally about fostering the integration of Genode with existing protocols and infrastructure. E.g., Emery's recent work with 9p [1] would also fall in this category. Also, the use of Xpra would be fitting [2]. [1] https://github.com/ehmry/ninep [2] https://github.com/zorodc/genode-world/commits/xpra That said, I would not go as far as making definite promises. Speaking of the Guest Additions for Genode, I can imagine a nice picture where Sculpt could offer a VBox shared folder as storage option in addition to the detected AHCI/NVMe devices and the RAM fs. This way, the user could host the Sculpt storage in a plain directory on a non-Genode host system and deploy Sculpt within VirtualBox by accessing those files. The integration would be quite seamless. > If not, I am starting to work on it - it should make a great learning > experience (and hopefully a useful blog series), because the various > facets touch so many different parts of the system. But I will be slow, > so if others are interested, I will be happy to learn from them instead! > ;^) Cool! > 3. Tablet. This is part of a longer-term goal, but I would love to have > Genode running in some form on an open-hardware tablet if possible. (I > don't even care if it's useful at this stage.) > > I know there are efforts toward building mobile front-ends under Qt, but > I would be even more interested in working toward a native UI front-end. > I really feel that Genode would be a great fit for tablets. > > I know tablet-related work will not make the roadmap for 2019, but would > it be possible to agree on a semi-official tablet hardware target for > the next year or two, for those of us who are interested in pursuing this? From my point of view, the most sensible choice would be a device based on the NXP i.MX SoC. This SoC is used by the Librem phone [3]. So there may be potential of synergies. More importantly, i.MX comes with proper official documentation and Genode already has a number of drivers for several i.MX peripherals. [3] https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ Cheers Norman -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs https://www.genode-labs.com · https://genode.org Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth _______________________________________________ Genode users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.genode.org/listinfo/users
