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

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/01/2017 04:00 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:27:19AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
>> +### Direct-boot kernel image format
>> +
>> +    Supported, x86: bzImage
> 
> Do you mean booting a PV guest? If so there are a few more formats.
> 
>> +    Supported, ARM32: zImage
>> +    Supported, ARM64: Image [XXX - Not sure if this is correct]
>> +
>> +Format which the toolstack accept for direct-boot kernels
> [...]
>> +### JSON support for xl
>> +
>> +    Status: Preview
>> +
> 
> What is this?

JSON output; e.g., `xl list -l`.

Perhaps this should be called 'JSON output support'. :-)

>> +### AHCI support for xl
>> +
>> +    Status, x86: Supported
>> +
> 
> There is only one knob to change, I'm not sure whether makes sense to
> list it separately.
> 
>> +### Soft-reset for xl
>> +
>> +    Status: Supported
>> +
> 
> We never tested this in osstest so I'm not sure about if this is the
> correct status. Furthermore there is also moving parts in hypervisor.

Hmm, maybe this would go better under a hypervisor section somewhere; as
you say, the core functionality doesn't reside in xl, xl just enables it.

Strangely enough, we don't have a simple 'hypervisor' section.

>> +### Online resize of virtual disks
>> +
>> +    Status: Supported
> 
> What is this? Is this part of the PV block protocol?

I think so, yes.

 -George

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