RE: [Xen-devel] 3.0.3 freeze

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It's three weeks since you posted this message. I wondered if you
could
> post an update?

I think the unstable tree is looking in pretty good shape right now.
There are a few issues being worked on with HVM, but stability for most
configurations is very good.

The more testing it gets over the next week or so, the better... Please
give it a go!

Thanks,
Ian


> Ian Pratt wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I think its time to declare a 3.0.3 feature freeze. We've got all
the
> > 'must have' feature patches in -unstable and many of the 'would be
nice'
> > variety too.
> >
> > Just to summarize, we have: the new scheduler, blktap with
file-based VM
> > storage, upgraded device emulation, new shadow pagetable code, PV
> > drivers for HVM guests, networking support for segmentation offload,
> > support for the Power architecture, misc performance optimizations
and
> > bug fixes.
> >
> > There were a number of patches that haven't quite made the cut off
due
> > to various outstanding issues or lack of review time: The NUMA
allocator
> > patch has been observed to cause problems on at least one system.
The PV
> > framebuffer could do with a few interface tweaks and a code cleanup.
The
> > kexec/kdump patch just needs more testing [I feel bad about this one
--
> > maybe we can retrofit it]. The xend lifecycle management patches
will be
> > held-over to the next release so it can become part of a larger set
of
> > control tool changes.
> >
> > Now the tree is in 'freeze' state, please can everyone get ready to
do
> > some serious testing. We're still working on a handful of known
issues
> > we can reproduce, so this message isn't quite a full call to arms
for
> > testing from the user community yet, but it would be great if
developers
> > could start giving it a workout.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
> >
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> >


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