Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v2] Add SUPPORT.md

[Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2017-09-27 at 08:57 -0400, Robert VanVossen wrote:
> On 9/26/2017 3:12 AM, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> > [Cc-list modified by removing someone and adding someone else]
> > 
> > Actually, the best candidate for gaining security support, is IMO
> > ARINC. Code is also rather simple and "stable" (hasn't changed in
> > the
> > last... years!) and it's used by DornerWorks' people for some of
> > their
> > projects (I think?). It's also not tested in OSSTest, though, and
> > considering how special purpose it is, I think we're not totally
> > comfortable marking it as Sec-Supported, without feedback from the
> > maintainers.
> > 
> > George, Josh, Robert?
> > 
> 
> Yes, we do still use the ARINC653 scheduler. Since it is so simple,
> it hasn't
> really needed any modifications in the last couple years.
> 
Hehe :-)

> We are not really sure what kind of feedback you are looking from us
> in regards
> to marking it sec-supported, but would be happy to try and answer any
> questions.
> If you have any specific questions or requests, we can discuss it
> internally and
> get back to you.
> 
Right. So, that's something we are still in the process of defining
properly.

To have an idea, you may have a look at George's email, in this thread
(you weren't Cc-ed yet):
https://www.mail-archive.com/xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg123768.html

And also to this other ones:
https://www.mail-archive.com/xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg84376.html
https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-11/msg00171.h
tml

Regards,
Dario
-- 
<<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://about.me/dario.faggioli
Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK)

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel