[task #15437] Submission of mediated user space device

[Thanos Makatos]

URL:
  <https://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?15437>

                 Summary: Submission of mediated user space device
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: thanos
            Submitted on: Mon 04 Nov 2019 12:01:49 PM UTC
         Should Start On: Mon 04 Nov 2019 12:00:00 AM UTC
   Should be Finished on: Thu 14 Nov 2019 12:00:00 AM UTC
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

A new project has been registered at Savannah
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves
or discards the registration.


= Registration Administration =

While this item will be useful to track the registration process,
*approving or discarding the registration must be done using the specific
Group Administration
<https://savannah.nongnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=11994> page*,
accessible only to site administrators,
effectively *logged as site administrators* (superuser):

* Group Administration
<https://savannah.nongnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=11994>


= Registration Details =

* Name: *mediated user space device*
* System Name:  *muser*
* Type: non-GNU software and documentation
* License: Other license (This project is released under dual license.

The kernel driver (kmod/muser.[ch]) is released as GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-CLAUSE.

The remaining source code is released as BSD-3-CLAUSE.

Each source file in the repository reflects the above.)

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== Description: ==
MUSER is a framework that allows PCI devices to be implemented in user space.
It leverages the Linux kernel VFIO/MDEV infrastructure, allowing such devices
to be easily accessed via standard VFIO interfaces and subsequently virtual
machines. These can be completely virtual and not backed by any real hardware.
It's primary use is for QEMU/KVM however it can be used without them.
We presented MUSER at KVM forum 2019 (November 1st) and was very well received
from the community, in fact there are many people from many organizations that
want to contribute to it.


== Tarball URL: ==
https://github.com/nutanix/muser






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