From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Dunlap Subject: Re: Xen 4.4 development update: Code freezing point reached Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:18:32 +0000 Message-ID: <528B8F58.1030702@eu.citrix.com> References: <20131118192252.GA2924@reaktio.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20131118192252.GA2924@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: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pasi_K=E4rkk=E4inen?= Cc: Stefano Stabellini , "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 11/18/2013 07:22 PM, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 06:19:46PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote: >> >> =3D Timeline =3D >> >> Here is our current timeline based on a 6-month release: >> >> * Feature freeze: 18 October 2013 >> * Code freezing point: 18 November 2013 <=3D=3D WE ARE HERE >> * First RC: 6 December 2013 >> * Release: 21 January 2014 >> >> Last updated: 18 November 2016 >> > > 2016 :) > > >> >> =3D=3D Backlog =3D=3D >> >> >> =3D=3D=3D Big ticket items =3D=3D=3D >> > > * PCI hole resize support hvmloader/qemu-traditional/qemu-upstream with= PCI/GPU passthrough > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-05/msg02813.html > Where Stefano writes: > > 1) modify upstream QEMU to start the PCI hole at 0xe0000000, to match > qemu-xen-unstable in terms of configuration and not to introduce any > regressions. Do this for the Xen 4.3 release. > > 2) for Xen 4.4 rework the two patches above and improve > i440fx_update_pci_mem_hole: resizing the pci_hole subregion is not > enough, it also needs to be able to resize the system memory region > (xen.ram) to make room for the bigger pci_hole Right -- I'll put it on my list; but given that it needs a new interface = into qemu, and work hasn't even begun on that yet, I rather doubt it's = going to make it for 4.4, unfortunately. :-( -George