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Re: [PATCH for-4.16 2/2] CHANGELOG: add missing entries for work during the 4.16 release cycle



Hi Roger,


> On 18 Nov 2021, at 08:58, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 02:07:50PM +0000, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>> Hi Roger,
>> 
>>> On 17 Nov 2021, at 09:53, Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Document some of the relevant changes during the 4.16 release cycle,
>>> likely more entries are missing.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> CHANGELOG.md | 11 +++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
>>> index ad1a8c2bc2..8b0bdd9cf0 100644
>>> --- a/CHANGELOG.md
>>> +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
>>> @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
>>> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>>> - qemu-traditional based device models (both, qemu-traditional and 
>>> ioemu-stubdom) will
>>>   no longer be built per default. In order to be able to use those, 
>>> configure needs to
>>>   be called with "--enable-qemu-traditional" as parameter.
>>> + - Fixes for credit2 scheduler stability in corner case conditions.
>>> + - Ongoing improvements in the hypervisor build system.
>>> + - vtpmmgr miscellaneous fixes in preparation for TPM 2.0 support.
>>> + - 32bit PV guests only supported in shim mode.
>>> + - Improved PVH dom0 debug key handling.
>>> + - Fix booting on some Intel systems without a PIT (i8254).
>> 
>> Missing:
>> - cpu ID sanitization on arm64
>> - fix 32/64bit vreg emulation on arm64
> 
> Can I get a bit more information about those items? Just a pointer to
> the commit messages would be helpful so that I can try to write a more
> comprehensive entry (or maybe it's just me not knowing anything about
> Arm that fails to understand it).

I agree, the text is not quite clear, I will try to come with a better one.
In the meantime here is are links to the series:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/xen-devel/list/?series=535805&state=*
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/xen-devel/list/?series=477151&archive=both

Cheers
Bertrand

> 
>>> +
>>> +### Added
>>> + - 32bit Arm builds to the automated tests.
>>> + - New x86 pagetable APIs.
>>> + - Arm vPMU support.
>> 
>> Missing:
>> - static allocation for dom0less on arm64
>> - dom0less EFI support on arm64
> 
> Those I can indeed understand :).
> 
> Thanks, Roger.


 


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