Re: [PATCH for-4.16 2/2] CHANGELOG: add missing entries for work during the 4.16 release cycle

[Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx>]

> On 18 Nov 2021, at 11:28, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 18/11/2021 11:14, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>> Hi Roger,
>>> On 18 Nov 2021, at 10:37, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 10:01:08AM +0000, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 18 Nov 2021, at 08:58, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 02:07:50PM +0000, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 17 Nov 2021, at 09:53, Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Document some of the relevant changes during the 4.16 release cycle,
>>>>>>> likely more entries are missing.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> CHANGELOG.md | 11 +++++++++++
>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
>>>>>>> index ad1a8c2bc2..8b0bdd9cf0 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/CHANGELOG.md
>>>>>>> +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
>>>>>>> @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
>>>>>>> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>>>>>>> - qemu-traditional based device models (both, qemu-traditional and 
>>>>>>> ioemu-stubdom) will
>>>>>>>  no longer be built per default. In order to be able to use those, 
>>>>>>> configure needs to
>>>>>>>  be called with "--enable-qemu-traditional" as parameter.
>>>>>>> + - Fixes for credit2 scheduler stability in corner case conditions.
>>>>>>> + - Ongoing improvements in the hypervisor build system.
>>>>>>> + - vtpmmgr miscellaneous fixes in preparation for TPM 2.0 support.
>>>>>>> + - 32bit PV guests only supported in shim mode.
>>>>>>> + - Improved PVH dom0 debug key handling.
>>>>>>> + - Fix booting on some Intel systems without a PIT (i8254).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Missing:
>>>>>> - cpu ID sanitization on arm64
>>>>>> - fix 32/64bit vreg emulation on arm64
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can I get a bit more information about those items? Just a pointer to
>>>>> the commit messages would be helpful so that I can try to write a more
>>>>> comprehensive entry (or maybe it's just me not knowing anything about
>>>>> Arm that fails to understand it).
>>>> 
>>>> I agree, the text is not quite clear, I will try to come with a better one.
>>>> In the meantime here is are links to the series:
>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/xen-devel/list/?series=535805&state=*
>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/xen-devel/list/?series=477151&archive=both
>>> 
>>> Thanks. I've added:
>>> 
>>> - CPU feature leveling on arm64 platform with heterogeneous cores.
>> Yes
>>> - Handle register accesses as 32/64bit on Arm depending on the processor
>>>   bitness.
>> I would say:
>> - Fix coprocessor register accesses on Arm to use the proper 32/64bit access 
>> size.
> 
> I would suggest s/coprocessor/system/ because the changes was targeting arm64.

Agree

Cheers
Bertrand

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Julien Grall