Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:50:05 -0700 From: Michael David Crawford <mdc@prgmr.com> To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finishing up the xen port - would funding help? Message-ID: <4A94CD0D.8070902@prgmr.com> In-Reply-To: <m3d46okfbt.fsf@luke.xen.prgmr.com> References: <77abe410908211256g44dd20d8o9b50c20357e63a6b@mail.gmail.com> <m3d46okfbt.fsf@luke.xen.prgmr.com>
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Luke S Crawford wrote:
> I could also scrape up some cash.
> (unfortunately, my own budget isn't as flush as it was a few months ago,
> when I tried to set one of my friends on the project.)
That friend would be me (no relation).
I'm afraid I didn't get very far at the time, in part because I had a
lot of trouble coming to grips with Xen, and because I had never done
any FreeBSD kernel programming before.
I would be happy to continue with the work as a volunteer. I'd like to
actually contribute some real code so as to finally earn all the money
Luke paid me.
I've been reading McKusick's book on The Design and Implementation of
the FreeBSD Operating System. It is very good; I expect I will be able
to do some meaningful kernel hacking once I finish reading it.
I gave up on Xen entirely for a while, as I had intended to use it for a
project of my own but just couldn't get it to do what I need. But the
Xen kernel and Linux Dom0 continue to be actively developed, so I'm
intending to give it another try.
I do have experience with kernel and driver programming on Mac OS X and
with embedded systems. I am also a wizard at debugging - I was once on
a team at Apple that specialized in fixing the most difficult bugs in
the Classic Mac OS. I have also done a lot of storage and FireWire work.
I have a Core 2 Quad Xeon box that runs Fedora 11, as well as a Core 2
Duo box that Luke lent me, that runs FreeBSD CURRENT. My intention for
that box has been to learn FreeBSD kernel hacking by fixing some of the
existing bugs on real hardware. That's just a step in the process of
learning how to hack FreeBSD's DomU support.
Ever Faithful,
Mike
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