Re: [Qemu-devel] Breaking out virtfs as a standalone server?

[Venkateswararao Jujjuri]

On 04/11/2011 06:42 AM, Rob Landley wrote:
> Right now, there's no decent userspace server for the 9p filesystem that
> I can find.  (In part because the 9P2000.L spec is an undocumented work
> in progress.)
This statement is true for 9P2000.L protocol;
But for older protocols we have standalone servers like spfs/npfs.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs/
http://9p.cat-v.org/implementations

> The only up-to-date server seems to be virtfs in qemu, which has no TCP
> transport layer.
>
> Are there any plans to:
>
> A) Add a TCP transport layer so we can test with something we can
> intercept/examine/log/redirect with netcat and such?
No plans as of now; I know folks in the Latchesar Ionkov attempted char 
dev transport.
Not sure the latest though.

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=AANLkTim4eZttAmaNQfOuM1h7cmLvO-osckHNunMvG7o%2B%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=v9fs-developer
> B) Break the 9p server out so it could be built as a standalone
> userspace program?

No plans yet..and I think this is a bigger discussion.
Being part of QEMU brings few implicit advantages like simplicity in 
sharing, security
and performance advantage. I think taking it out can have its own merits.

If there is enough interest I am sure these two are something we can 
look at as a community.

- JV

> Rob