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

[Russell Pavlicek <russell.pavlicek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Konrad,

That would be terrific, thanks.

Russ Pavlicek
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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:26 AM
To: Russell Pavlicek
Cc: Zhang, Yang Z; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; George Dunlap
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Please review the key 4.4 release docs

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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> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 6:42 AM
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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.
>
>   -George
>
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