Re: [Xen-devel] Please review the key 4.4 release docs

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 10, 2014 7:18 AM, Russell Pavlicek <russell.pavlicek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just updated http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Release_Features so that 
> 4.4 now pretty much mirrors 4.3. 
>
> I'd appreciate anyone who can run through the 4.4 column to check to see if 
> those values are, in fact, correct.

We should also mention the early microcode support and how to use it?
I can add that in later on today.
>
> Thanks, 
>
> Russ Pavlicek 
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> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Please review the key 4.4 release docs 
>
> My thanks to those who have made adjustments to the docs so far. 
>
> One note which still needs clarification is this comment about ARM in 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_4.4_Feature_List : 
> > [TODO: clarify whether support has moved from tech preview to experimental 
> > or supported] 
>
> So what is is the status of Xen Project on ARM? 
>
> Thanks, 
>
> Russ Pavlicek 
> Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems 
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> From: George Dunlap [george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 5:54 AM 
> To: Zhang, Yang Z; Russell Pavlicek; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: Please review the key 4.4 release docs 
>
> On 03/10/2014 04:27 AM, Zhang, Yang Z wrote: 
> > Russell Pavlicek wrote on 2014-03-10: 
> >> I have done my best to compile the various key release documents for 
> >> the 4.4 release. 
> >> 
> >> All have hyperlinks from the download page: 
> >> http://www.xenproject.org/downloads/xen-archives/supported-xen-44-seri 
> >> es/ xen-440.html 
> > I thought that we have agreed that we will move the nested virtualization 
> > from experimental to 1.0 or something else in Xen 4.4 release note. But it 
> > seems it still in experimental state and there is no mention of it in the 
> > release note. 
>
> Well we discussed it, but there were too many things still missing to 
> call it a properly supported feature: in particular, doubts about how 
> well shadow-on-hap would work, which would be a potential security 
> issue. (On my to-do list is to collect these somewhere so we have a 
> clear set of criteria for moving nested HVM from "tech preview" to 
> "supported".) 
>
> It would be good to put something in the release note, however, to say 
> how much it has progressed. I'll see what I can do. 
>
> Â -George 
>
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