Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.3 development update, and stock-taking

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/01/13 15:54, Daniel De Graaf wrote:
> On 01/16/2013 12:55 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
> > Below is a summary of the projects / features being worked on for the 4.3
> > time frame.  The tentative feature freeze is scheduled for 25 March, which
> > is just over 2 months away.  With that in mind, I think it's time to take
> > stock of the development, so we know whether to ask for more help or divert
> > resources.
> >
> > To that end, I've added a line called "prognosis", indicating the
> > likelihood of completion in the 4.3 timeframe.  For items involving code
> > hosted on the Xen.org site (including qemu-xen), that means a likelihood of
> > having the feature code-complete and mostly working by the feature freeze.
> > (It's OK if there are still bugs to be worked out.)  For items in Linux, I
> > think it would mean having items on track to make it into the kernel
> > released just after the scheduled 4.3 time frame.  Not sure what that means
> > for libvirt. :-)
> >
> > I've given ratings to projects that I thought I had some insight on, but I
> > would appreciate if everyone could review these and let me know if they're
> > not accurate.
> >
> > I'd particularly appreciate it if the people listed below could give
> > prognoses on the project listed.
> >
> > Meanings of prognoses:
> > - Excellent: It would be very unlikely for this not to be finished in time.
> > - Good: Everything is on track, and is likely to make it.
> > - Fair: A pretty good chance of making it, but not as certain
> > - Poor: Likely not to make it unless intervention is made
> > - Not for 4.3: self-explanatory
> [...]
> > * Allow XSM to override IS_PRIV checks in the hypervisor
> >    owner: Daniel De Graaf
> >    status: patches against 4.3-unstable posted, awaiting approval
> >    prognosis: Good
> >    This makes it possible to allow some user domains limited access to
> >    dom0-only hypercalls. This could be used to allow a user-created
> >    toolstack domain to administer its own set of VMs instead of relying
> >    on dom0's toolstack.
> These patches are now in xen-unstable.
OK, so this is done?  Great!  I'll mark it down.

 -George


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