[task #15824] Submission of libvfio-user

[Thanos Makatos]

URL:
  <https://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?15824>

                 Summary: Submission of libvfio-user
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: thanos
            Submitted on: Fri 27 Nov 2020 03:56:38 PM UTC
         Should Start On: Fri 27 Nov 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC
   Should be Finished on: Mon 07 Dec 2020 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.


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= Registration Details =

* Name: *libvfio-user*
* System Name:  *libvfio-user*
* Type: non-GNU software and documentation
* License: Modified BSD License

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== Description: ==
libvfio-user is a user space library that implements the vfio-user protocol.
vfio-user is a protocol [1] that allows out-of-process emulation [2] in QEMU.
Although vfio-user is not specific to QEMU, QEMU is its primary use case.
vfio-user is modelled after VFIO.

libvfio-user is implemented in C however we plan to implement bindings for
other languages.

libvfio-user was initially named MUSER, which contained a kernel module so the
whole project was released under dual license. We have dropped the kernel
module thus there is no requirement for being dual licensed.

[1] https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg758653.html
[2]
http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/10/requirements-for-out-of-process-device.html


== Other Software Required: ==
cmake, BSD 3-clause License, https://cmake.org/
cmocka, Apache License 2.0, https://cmocka.org/
json-c, MIT, https://github.com/json-c/json-c


== Tarball URL: ==
https://github.com/nutanix/libvfio-user






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