Re: [Xen-devel] 3.0.3 freeze

[Ryan Harper <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

* Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2006-08-22 11:33]:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I think its time to declare a 3.0.3 feature freeze. We've got all the
> 'must have' feature patches in -unstable and many of the 'would be nice'
> variety too.
> 
> Just to summarize, we have: the new scheduler, blktap with file-based VM
> storage, upgraded device emulation, new shadow pagetable code, PV
> drivers for HVM guests, networking support for segmentation offload,
> support for the Power architecture, misc performance optimizations and
> bug fixes.
> 
> There were a number of patches that haven't quite made the cut off due
> to various outstanding issues or lack of review time: The NUMA allocator
> patch has been observed to cause problems on at least one system. The PV

While I'm waiting to see if Raj got xentop to work (I'm confident that
the issue is addressed by the latest set of patches), his latest reply
indicates that the major issue (dom0 slowdown) is no longer present.

Raj, please reply with where you are at.  

It would be nice to include the NUMA patches if there are no outstanding
issues.

-- 
Ryan Harper
Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center
IBM Corp., Austin, Tx
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