From 35ad95a23f7ea01b558f7463bf7824594d30ccde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tlaurion Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:10:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ppc64 port suggestion Duplicate ARM entry for PPC64. --- basics_dev/gsoc.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/basics_dev/gsoc.md b/basics_dev/gsoc.md index a321201c..b480e5ce 100644 --- a/basics_dev/gsoc.md +++ b/basics_dev/gsoc.md @@ -552,6 +552,28 @@ for more information and qubes-specific background. **Mentor**: [Marek Marczykowski-Górecki](/team/) +### Porting Qubes to POWER9/PPC64 + +**Project**: Porting Qubes to POWER9/PPC64 + +**Brief explanation**: Qubes currently only supports the x86_64 CPU architecture. Xen currently has additional support for Power9/PPC64 processors, however work needs to be done to integrate this into the Qubes build process, as well as work in integrating this with the Qubes toolstack and security model. This may also be beneficial in simplifying the process of porting to other architectures. Some related discussion (porting to ppc64): +[#4318](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4318). + +**Expected results**: + + - Add cross-compilation support to qubes-builder and related components. + - Make ppc64 specific adjustments to Qubes toolstacks/manager (including passthrough of devices from device tree to guest domains). + - ppc64 specific integration and unit tests. + - Production of generic u-boot or uefi capable image/iso for target hardware. + +**Knowledge prerequisite**: + + - Libvirt and Qubes toolstacks (C and python languages). + - Xen debugging. + - General ARM architecture knowledge. + +**Mentor**: [Marek Marczykowski-Górecki](/team/) + ### Android development in Qubes **Project**: Research running Android in Qubes VM (probably HVM) and connecting it to Android Studio