On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:47 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear QEMU, KVM, and rust-vmm communities, > QEMU will apply for Google Summer of Code 2022 > (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) and has been accepted into > Outreachy May-August 2022 (https://www.outreachy.org/). You can now > submit internship project ideas for QEMU, KVM, and rust-vmm! > > If you have experience contributing to QEMU, KVM, or rust-vmm you can > be a mentor. It's a great way to give back and you get to work with > people who are just starting out in open source. > > Please reply to this email by February 21st with your project ideas. > > Good project ideas are suitable for remote work by a competent > programmer who is not yet familiar with the codebase. In > addition, they are: > - Well-defined - the scope is clear > - Self-contained - there are few dependencies > - Uncontroversial - they are acceptable to the community > - Incremental - they produce deliverables along the way > > Feel free to post ideas even if you are unable to mentor the project. > It doesn't hurt to share the idea! Implementing the VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER feature for both Qemu and kernel (vhost/virtio drivers) would be an interesting idea. It satisfies all the points above since it's supported by virtio spec. (Unfortunately, I won't have time in the mentoring) Thanks > > I will review project ideas and keep you up-to-date on QEMU's > acceptance into GSoC. > > Internship program details: > - Paid, remote work open source internships > - GSoC projects are 175 or 350 hours, Outreachy projects are 30 > hrs/week for 12 weeks > - Mentored by volunteers from QEMU, KVM, and rust-vmm > - Mentors typically spend at least 5 hours per week during the coding period > > Changes since last year: GSoC now has 175 or 350 hour project sizes > instead of 12 week full-time projects. GSoC will accept applicants who > are not students, before it was limited to students. > > For more background on QEMU internships, check out this video: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVCX7YMUL8 > > Please let me know if you have any questions! > > Stefan >
