Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.7 Test Day Instructions for RC2+ : Call to action for people who added new features / functionality to Xen 4.7

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 May 2016, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 09/05/16 17:56, Lars Kurth wrote:
> > 
> > > On 9 May 2016, at 17:17, Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > (CC Shannon, Stefano and Steve)
> > > 
> > > Hi Lars,
> > > 
> > > On 09/05/16 16:28, Lars Kurth wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I added the following sections based on git logs to man pages. Authors
> > > > are on the CC list and should review and modify (or suggest edits by
> > > > replying to this thread). I added/updated/added TODO's to:
> > > > 
> > > > I do have some questions, to ...
> > > > - Konrad/Ross: is there any documentation for xSplice which I have
> > > > missed?
> > > > - Julien: Any ARM specific stuff you want people to test?
> > > 
> > > General testing of Xen on the boards we are supporting.
> > 
> > That is already in the boilerplate, but I can make it more prominent
> > 
> > > We may also want some testing on ACPI, which will be in tech preview for
> > > Xen 4.7. However this is requiring platform with ACPI 6.0 (or later). If I
> > > remember correctly, none of the ARM64 platform we support fulfill this
> > > requirement. Steve, do you have any platform in mind?
> > > 
> > > Shannon, which platform have you used for the ACPI development? Was it the
> > > Foundation Model?
> > > 
> > > If so we would need to write down (or update) a wiki page with the
> > > instructions to boot Xen on the model.
> > 
> > That makes sense
> > 
> > There was wallclock also, if I recall
> 
> Good point. Stefano, how can it be tested? Is checking the date in the guest
> enough?

Yes, it is enough, provided that the guest doesn't run ntpdate (or
doesn't have access to network).

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