Hi All,

The library for userspace backends is under development now. It is not
ready to be published yet.
But you can check how it looks like at my github repository [1].
There are also sound and display backends based on this library [2], [3].

Comments are welcome.

Thanks.

[1] https://github.com/al1img/libxenbe
[2] https://github.com/al1img/displ_be
[3] https://github.com/al1img/snd_be


2017-01-10 21:29 GMT+02:00 Stefano Stabellini <sstabell...@kernel.org>:

> These are the minutes I took during the call:
>
> Xen PV Drivers Lifecycle document ready to be committed.
>
> Common Pitfalls for new PV protocols:
> - 32 vs 64 fields
> - not Linux centric
> - missing version fields and feature flags
>
> Full list of outstanding PV protocols:
> pvcalls, xen-9pfs, multitouch events, sound, display, netfront/netback
> extension
>
> PVCalls: should be OK to move forward, Konrad will review next
> Sound: should be OK to move forward, Konrad will review next
> Display: concerns about whether it will replace xenfb. Konrad will take
> a look after
> Multitouch: new, but simple, Stefano will review
> Netfront/netback extension: new, still many comments outstanding,
> probably not for the next release
>
> Things to do
> - use pahole 32 bit and 64 bit to check the structs, publish the output
>   on xendevel
> - use version field and feature flags on xenstore
> - write new PV protocols guideline doc to explain common pitfalls and
>   versioning to newcomers
> - write a README in docs/misc with the state of new PV protocols when
>   they are checked in
> - Oleksandr will publish a library for userspace backends in C++ to xenbits
>
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-- 
Best Regards,
Oleksandr Grytsov.
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