From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Opening Xen 4.4.1-pre for backports Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:36:13 -0400 Message-ID: <20140318133613.GA25364@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <21283.4717.55024.515678@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20140317180259.GQ3200@reaktio.net> <53282B450200007800125122@nat28.tlf.novell.com> <20140318130425.GR3200@reaktio.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta14.messagelabs.com ([193.109.254.103]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WPuC1-0006KU-5Y for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:36:33 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140318130425.GR3200@reaktio.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Pasi =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4rkk=E4inen?= Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Ian Jackson , Jan Beulich List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 03:04:25PM +0200, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:17:25AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote: > > >>> On 17.03.14 at 19:02, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 02:30:05PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > >> I have updated xen/Makefile's version number. I take it we should be > > >> considering backport requests to apply to 4.4, where applicable, now= ? > > >> = > > > = > > > I'd like to see at least the following backported to Xen 4.4.1: > > > = > > > - pygrub fixes (rhel7 beta support) > > > - qemu-upstream hvm vcpu hotplug patches (actually these seem to be a= lready in = > > > qemu-upstream-4.4) > > > - RTC fixes (win2k3 crash fix) > > = > > I guess you mean 4c15a82f, c7e35c6e, and 6d27a537 here. I'm not > > sure I want to copy them over that quickly. > > = > = > Yep. I recall these were discussed during the 4.4-rc cycle and the though= t was = > the RTC fixes would first go to master, and then after 4.4.0 release get = backported to 4.4.1. = > Whatever timing is good.. = > = > = > > > - Konrad's serial console (SOL/AMT) patches / Broadcom TruManage NetX= treme = > > > UART patches > > = > > While for the .1 stable release we generally apply somewhat > > relaxed backporting rules, I'd still see some sort of justification > > for such a feature backport. Only bug fixes would generally be > > considered without further justification. > > = > = > Well having a working serial console (SOL/AMT) also for new hardware > is kind of important.. These patches sounded like they'll enable The AMT should work without trouble with Xen 4.4. The issue with AMT was that the 'Broadcom TruManage' patch inadvertly made the AMT not work. = > serial on new/upcoming devices. = They aren't really that new - they were cheap and I needed some PCIe serial cards and these fit the bill - except that they did not work with Xen. Now they do. > = > Konrad can probably comment more about those. I would say no - because they are not critical (they are nice to have) and they are not used that often (the normal user does not use the serial conso= le that often). But they are pretty easy to apply if somebody wants has a need for it right away. > = > = > > Jan > = > -- Pasi > =