|
Message-ID: <20160305212517.GK9349@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:25:17 -0500 From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@...eBSD.org> Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Google Summer of Code 2016 On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 03:11:28PM -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hello; > > Just thought I'd point this out in case there are students looking > for a summer project (paid by Google): > > In FreeBSD we are always open to alternatives. For this GSoC we > would consider someone willing to work on a musl port. > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Port_musl_libc > > For such a port you obviously have to have love for the C language > and specific skills (version control, knowledge of the build system, > UNIX/syscall knowledge), but I think it may very well be a fun > project for the right person. > > We generally ask for very detailed proposals and it certainly > would help if you get to try FreeBSD before considering a > proposal, The process is competitive so we are interested > in your background. > > We are aware musl is centered around linux but just as someone > managed to port glibc to FreeBSD we think it should be possible > to make a port clean port of musl. This project would only make > sense if the code is upstreamed, so at some stage we would also > appreciate support from musl developers. > > For applying you should follow the standard procedure with Google. > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/ Nice! >From our side (musl), the biggest obstacle when people have looked at doing such a port in the past seems to be missing syscalls, especially futex and related functionality. For that reason, up til now, FreeBSD's Linux syscall layer has seemed more functional, and a better basis for musl-on-FreeBSD, than the native syscall layer. I think a viable proposal needs a solution to this problem on the kernel side -- perhaps exposing some of these syscalls that are Linux-emulation-only now in the native API? Rich
Powered by blists - more mailing lists
Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.