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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: Still TODO for 4.2?
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 11:47:13 -0500
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 04:29:22PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> What are the outstanding things to do before we think we can start on
> the 4.2 -rc's? Does anyone have a timetable in mind?
> 
> hypervisor:
> 
>       * ??? - Keir, Tim, Jan?

Mark ARM as experimental? Docs on how to compile it, use it?

> 
> tools:
> 
>       * libxl stable API -- we would like 4.2 to define a stable API
>         which downstream's can start to rely on not changing. Aspects of
>         this are:
>               * event handling (IanJ working on this)
>               * drop libxl_device_model_info (move bits to build_info or
>                 elsewhere as appropriate) (IanC working on this, patches
>                 shortly)
>               * add libxl_defbool and generally try and arrange that
>                 memset(foo,0,...) requests the defaults (IanC working on
>                 this, patches shortly)
>               * The topologyinfo datastructure should be a list of
>                 tuples, not a tuple of lists. (nobody currently looking
>                 at this, not 100% sure this makes sense, could possibly
>                 defer and change after 4.2 in a compatible way)
>               * Block script support -- can be done post 4.2?
>       * Hotplug script stuff -- internal to libxl (I think, therefore I
>         didn't put this under stable API above) but still good to have
>         for 4.2? Roger Pau Monet was looking at this but its looking
>         like a big can-o-worms...
>       * Integrate qemu+seabios upstream into the build (Stefano has
>         posted patches, I guess they need refreshing and reposting). No
>         change in default qemu for 4.2.

Anthony's PCI passthrough patches?

>       * More formally deprecate xm/xend. Manpage patches already in
>         tree. Needs release noting and communication around -rc1 to
>         remind people to test xl.

> 
> Has anybody got anything else? I'm sure I've missed stuff. Are there any
> must haves e.g. in the paging/sharing spaces?
> 
> Ian.
> 
> 
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