Major status update for end of GSoC

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn
index c24b93be..c3e1eff3 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ using the existing C libraries (libps, libtrivfs), but also try to work with
 the MiG-generated stubs directly. If you are ambitious, you could even try to
 write your own stubs...
 
-Status: A student is working on Lisp bindings for GSoC 2008.
+Status: Flavio Cruz has completed [[Lisp_bindings|flavioc]] for GSoC 2008!
 
 
 ## Virtualization Using Hurd Mechanisms
@@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
 Exercise: Make some modification to the "boot" programm used to start subhurds.
 (More specific suggestions welcome... :-) )
 
-Status: A student is working on network virtualization (and some related bits)
-for GSoC 2008.
+Status: Zheng da has has implemented [[network_virtualization|da]] (an
+important prerequisite for unprivileged subhurds) for GSoC 2008, along with
+various other interesting bits, including a mechanism to override socket
+servers; a proc proxy that allows running processes/subenvironments with a
+pseudo device master port; and a mechanism to pass arbitrary virtual devices to
+a subhurd. He is still working on running subhurds by normal users.
 
 
 ## Namspace-based Translator Selection
@@ -267,6 +271,11 @@ Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
 Exercise: Try to make some modification to the existing unionfs and/or firmlink
 translators. (More specific suggestions welcome... :-) )
 
+Status: Sergiu Ivanov has been working *voluntarily* on
+[[namespace-based_translator_selection|scolobb]], as an inofficial GSoC 2008
+participant! Not all the desired functionality is in place yet; work is
+ongoing.
+
 
 ## Fix File Locking
 
@@ -323,7 +332,8 @@ Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
 
 Exercise: Add or fix one piece in the existing procfs translator.
 
-Status: A student is working on procfs for GSoC 2008.
+Status: Madhusudan.C.S has implemented a new, fully functional [[procfs]] for
+GSoC 2008. He is still working on some outstanding issues.
 
 
 ## New Driver Glue Code
@@ -417,8 +427,9 @@ Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
 Exercise: Come up with a glibc patch that allows overriding one specific
 standard server using method (1).
 
-Status: The student working on network virtualization for GSoC 2008 will
-probably take a look into this too.
+Status: Overriding of socket servers through environment variables has been
+implemented by Zheng Da for GSoC 2008, as part of his
+[[network_virtualization|da]] project.
 
 
 ## `dtrace` Support
@@ -445,7 +456,7 @@ in their Mach-based kernel might be helpful here...)
 This project requires ability to evaluate possible solutions, and experience
 with integrating existing components as well as low-level programming.
 
-Possible mentors: ?
+Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)
 
 Exercise: In lack of a good exercise directly related to this taks, just pick
 one of the kernel-related or generally low-level tasks from the bug/task
@@ -453,7 +464,10 @@ trackers on savannah, and make a go at it. You might not be able to finish the
 task in a limited amount of time, but you should at least be able to make a
 detailed analysis of the issue.
 
-Status: A student is working on dtrace (or perhaps SystemTap) for GSoC 2008.
+Status: Andei Barbu was working on
+[SystemTap](http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~abarbu/hurd/) for GSoC 2008, but it
+turned out too Linux-specific. He implemented kernel probes, but there is no
+nice frontend yet.
 
 
 ## Hurdish TCP/IP Stack