Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC] Add SUPPORT.md

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/31/2017 11:46 AM, Paul Durrant wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> +
>> +### Blkfront
>> +
>> +    Status, Linux: Supported
>> +    Status, FreeBSD: Supported, Security support external
>> +    Status, Windows: Supported [XXX]
>> +
>> +Guest-side driver capable of speaking the Xen PV block protocol
>> +
>> +### Netfront
>> +
>> +    Status, Linux: Supported
>> +    Status, FreeBSD: Supported, Security support external
>> +    States, Windows: Supported [XXX]
>> +
> 
> The Windows PV drivers are a sub-project of Xen so I guess they should have 
> the same level of support as Linux and FreeBSD frontends, but I'm unclear as 
> to what 'Supported' means in context of guest-side code. E.g. if someone 
> finds a way of crashing a network frontend using a specially crafted packet, 
> does that mean that an XSA should be issued?

I would think so, yes.

>> +Guest-side driver capable of speaking the Xen PV networking protocol
>> +
>> +### Xen Framebuffer
>> +
>> +    Status, Linux (xen-fbfront): Supported
>> +
>> +Guest-side driver capable of speaking the Xen PV Framebuffer protocol
>> +
>> +[XXX FreeBSD? NetBSD?]
>> +
>> +### Xen Console
>> +
>> +    Status, Linux (hvc_xen): Supported
>> +
>> +Guest-side driver capable of speaking the Xen PV console protocol
>> +
>> +[XXX FreeBSD? NetBSD? Windows?]
>> +
> 
> There is one for Windows too.

OK, I'll add that in.

>> +### Xen PV keyboard
>> +
>> +    Status, Linux (xen-kbdfront): Supported
>> +
>> +Guest-side driver capable of speaking the Xen PV keyboard protocol
> 
> There is one for Windows too. It's not been officially announced as it needed 
> some fixes in QEMU allow frontends running in HVM guests to function 
> correctly.

OK; would you describe its expected reliability in 4.10 as closer to
"Here be dragons", or "Quirky"?

 -George

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