Re: [PATCH v5 12/12] xen/changelog: Add SVE and "dom0" options to the changelog for Arm

[Luca Fancellu <Luca.Fancellu@xxxxxxx>]

> On 18 Apr 2023, at 13:56, Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Luca,
> 
>> On 12 Apr 2023, at 11:49, Luca Fancellu <Luca.Fancellu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Arm now can use the "dom0=" Xen command line option and the support
>> for guests running SVE instructions is added, put entries in the
>> changelog.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Changes from v4:
>> - No changes
>> Change from v3:
>> - new patch
>> ---
>> CHANGELOG.md | 5 +++++
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
>> index c978cfd9b68f..a24951603359 100644
>> --- a/CHANGELOG.md
>> +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
>> @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
>> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>> 
>> ## [unstable 
>> UNRELEASED](https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=staging) 
>> - TBD
>> 
>> +### Changed
>> +- The "dom0" option is now supported on Arm and "sve=" sub-option can be 
>> used
>> +  to enable dom0 guest to use SVE/SVE2 instructions.
>> +
>> ### Added
>> - On x86, support for features new in Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs:
>>   - PKS (Protection Key Supervisor) available to HVM/PVH guests.
>> @@ -14,6 +18,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
>> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>>   - Bus-lock detection, used by Xen to mitigate (by rate-limiting) the system
>>     wide impact of a guest misusing atomic instructions.
>> - xl/libxl can customize SMBIOS strings for HVM guests.
>> + - On Arm, Xen supports guests running SVE/SVE2 instructions.
> 
> Might be a good idea to mention that this is a tech preview ?

Sure I’ll mention that, is there something in particular that needs to be done 
or is it enough to say that here?

> 
> Cheers
> Bertrand
> 
>> 
>> ## 
>> [4.17.0](https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=RELEASE-4.17.0)
>>  - 2022-12-12
>> 
>> --
>> 2.34.1