Re: Xen 4.3 development update RC2 imminent

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@gmail.com>]

On 20/05/2013 11:36, "George Dunlap" <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> wrote:

>> * Windows 2003 fails to install in Xen-unstable tip
>>> Narrowed down to c/s 2fe82ac11fd078485388fe7c5e8bc3b6ac9185b0
>>   owner: Jan Beulich
>>   status: Patches posted
> 
> Jan,
> 
> Given that Keir hasn't weighed in on this, and you are the RTC
> maintainer, can you please make an executive decision and check in a
> fix of some kind -- either reverting RTC or applying the recent patch
> series fixes?
> 
> Whatever the solution is we need to start to get it tested as early as
> possible.

I'm not strongly opinionated on this one, but agree that either way it has
to be before RC2. I suspect that either way, revert or push forward with
more patches, a bunch of somewhat complex code gets churned and it's late to
be doing that, but unavoidable.

 -- Keir

>> * XSA-46 regression in PV pass-through?
>>> Seems to be a xend issue; therefore not a 4.3 blocker
>>   owner: Jan Beulich
>>   status: patch posted (libxc enforces 1:1 mapping of pirqs)
> 
> Is your 1:1 pirq mapping patch suitable for 4.3, do you think?
> 
>  -George