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Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC 2011: S3 Trio, AHCI
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Luiz Capitulino |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC 2011: S3 Trio, AHCI |
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Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:21:36 -0300 |
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:36:12 +0200
Roland Elek <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear Qemu developers,
>
> First, I'd like to reintroduce myself, as my university and official
> duties prevented me from being active in the community since last year.
> I am Roland Elek, a student from Hungary, and a successful student
> participant of Google Summer of Code 2010. This year, I would like to
> participate again. I know I'm a bit late, but I'm still hoping to get
> things arranged before the deadline.
>
> Last year, I worked on AHCI emulation with Alex as my mentor. Do you
> think a proper summer project could be proposed from what is still
> missing? If so, can I kindly ask someone to give me some pointers to
> what the project needs the most, and where I should look first for
> things to include in my proposal? Also, if the idea is feasible, would
> there be someone who could be my mentor?
The process is the same, you choose a project from the list (or come with
yours own), contact the suggested mentor to talk about the project and
then submit your proposal.
Ideas page:
http://wiki.qemu.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2011
> Last year, I was also interested in working on S3 Trio emulation. This
> year, the same idea is on the ideas list. The hardware is pretty
> thoroughly documented through source code and textual documentation, and
> I'm already familiar with adding PCI devices to Qemu, so I do see a
> rough outline of how I would implement it.
>
> However, last year, Paul Brook commented [1] that he wasn't convinced
> about the usefulness of emulating an S3 Trio or Virge card, because of
> performance reasons. He suggested that accelerating the 2D engine would
> be tricky because the framebuffer is exposed to the guest. This might be
> just me not fully understanding his point, but isn't this also the case
> with the Cirrus Logic GD5446 card?
>
> He also suggested paravirtualization for 3D acceleration. Do you think
> it would make a good summer project?
I can't comment on these issues, CC'ing Paul, Anthony and Stefan.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Roland
>
> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-04/msg00012.html
>