Google Summer of Code 2011

Introduction

As we did last year, QEMU is going to apply as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2011. This page contains our ideas list and some additional information for students and mentors.

Please note that QEMU, as a GSoC organization, also includes the following projects:

• The Linux Kernel's KVM module
• Libvirt, the virtualization library (pending OK from libvirt people)

Organization

Any Question, request or problem regarding QEMU on GSoC 2011, please contact one of the following people.

• Luiz Capitulino
• Anthony Liguori

Find Us

• IRC (devel): #qemu on irc.oftc.net
• IRC (GSoC specific): #qemu-gsoc on irc.oftc.net
• Mailing list: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel

GSoC important pages

• FAQ
• Program Timeline
• Melange User Guide
• Advice for Mentors

Information for students

We require students to provide (at least) the following information in their applications:

• Contact information (email, irc nick, phone number)
• A general personal description (skills, past experiences and possible open source contributions)
• Why QEMU and why this project
• A detailed description of the approach the student will take

VERY IMPORTANT: Submitting a patch and having it merged by QEMU or KVM increases your chances of being accepted.

Projects Ideas

This is the listing of suggested project ideas. It might be useful to check last year's page. Also note that students are free to suggest their own projects.

QCOW2 <-> QED image converter

TODO: add description

• Component: QEMU
• Skill level: medium
• Language: C
• Mentor: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
• Suggested by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>