Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.2 Release Plan / TODO

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 27.06.12 at 16:52, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 14:12 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> >>> On 26.06.12 at 10:39, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > hypervisor, blockers:
>> > 
>> >     * None
>> 
>> We should evaluate whether getting the vMCE interface into a
>> sane state ought to be treated as a blocker (see Jinsong's
>> recent posting about their design work). Otherwise we'll run
>> into yet another round of compatibility issues when moving on
>> to 4.3, particularly with respect to migration.
> 
> Isn't this way to late for 4.2 if it's only at the design stage right
> now?

That's why I'm bringing this up.

> Does vMCE exist in Xen unstable today? Did it exist in 4.1?

Yes. And what information get migrated is different between
4.1 and 4.2 already.

> I think we'll need to just suck it up and accept that migration needs
> handling for 4.3.

I was hoping to have at least the HVM save records in 4.2 in a
state suitable for 4.3.

Jan


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