Re: Xen 4.20 Development Update [November]

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 04.12.2024 11:20, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
> This email only tracks big items for xen.git tree. Please reply for items you
> would like to see in 4.20 so that people have an idea what is going on and
> prioritise accordingly.
> 
> You're welcome to provide description and use cases of the feature you're
> working on.
> 
> = Timeline =
> 
> * Last posting date: Nov 29, 2024
> ---> We are here
> * Feature freeze date: Dec 20, 2024
> * Hard code freeze: Jan 17, 2025
> * RC1: TBD
> * Release: Feb 21, 2025
> ( current release schedule: 
> https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_X.YY_Release_Notes )
> 
> All patches that wish to go into 4.20 must be posted no later than the last 
> posting
> date. All patches posted after that date will be automatically queued
> into next release.
> If you would like your features included in this release, please ensure
> they are committed by the deadline.
> 
> RCs will be arranged immediately after freeze.
> 
> The following items ( the links for them could be found int the list below )
> were moved to completed:
> - Hypervisor:
>   * drivers/char: rename arm-uart.c to uart-init.c
>   * Move gic_preinit() to common code
>   * stubdom: reduce xenstore library dependencies
>   * xen/trace: Treewide API cleanup
> - x86:
>   * x86/HVM: drop stdvga caching mode
>   * Fix module-handling use-after-free's
>   * Reuse 32 bit C code more safely
>   * xen: address violations of MISRA C Rule 13.6
>   * x86/ucode: Simplify/fix loading paths further
>   * x86: address violations of MISRA C Rule 16.3
>   * iommu/x86: fixes/improvements for unity range checks
>   * x86/pvh: Support relocating dom0 kernel
> - Arm:
>   * xen/arm: Add emulation of Debug Data Transfer Registers
> - RISC-V:
>   * Setup memory management
> 
> 
> * Full list of items : *

While only a small single patch, what I think you may want to also keep an eye
on is "drop setting XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT in the environment".

Jan