[ogb-discuss] Creating a place for AMD-related work

[James Carlson]

Herman, George writes:
> It appears that we're pretty much in agreement, with the exception of
> having and AMD community. Point taken... how about if we propose an
> x86/64 community instead?

What sorts of projects would an x86/64 community endorse?  How would
it direct them?

I can understand a platform community, because the projects it would
endorse are those that allow one to run OpenSolaris on a particular
platform.  That would include common drivers (VM, memory management,
console access, and booting, for a few examples) and kernel
portability issues.  Other things not related to the platform itself
-- such as networking and video drivers -- would be done elsewhere.

The lines seem fairly clear to me.

Would an x86/64 community also endorse application level projects?

> I still think we all need to encourage projects around
> technologies/value-add rather than around platforms.

Perhaps I'm being dense, but I think that writing code that makes
OpenSolaris run on a platform does sound like a valid technology area.

> Do you see any
> issue with proposing a IOMMU project outside of a particular platform's
> project space?

No, particularly if there are common problems to be solved.

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