[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [PATCH] SUPPORT.md, MAINTAINERS: De-support qemu-xen-traditional
In 4.16 we changed to not build this by default. I think it is now time to explicitly desupport it, completely, in favour of Linux dm stub domains. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- MAINTAINERS | 2 +- SUPPORT.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index e43dc0edce..933579541f 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ S: Supported F: tools/python QEMU-DM -S: Supported +S: Obsolete T: git https://xenbits.xenproject.org/git-http/qemu-xen-traditional.git QEMU UPSTREAM diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md index 3a34933c89..b64ebee93b 100644 --- a/SUPPORT.md +++ b/SUPPORT.md @@ -802,17 +802,17 @@ See the section **Blkback** for image formats supported by QEMU. ### qemu-xen-traditional ### The Xen Project provides an old version of qemu with modifications -which enable use as a device model stub domain. The old version is -normally selected by default only in a stub dm configuration, but it -can be requested explicitly in other configurations, for example in -`xl` with `device_model_version="QEMU_XEN_TRADITIONAL"`. +which enable use as a device model stub domain. This old version is +not built by default. Even if it is build, it is normally selected by +default only in a stub dm configuration, but it can be requested +explicitly in other configurations, for example in `xl` with +`device_model_version="QEMU_XEN_TRADITIONAL"`. - Status, Device Model Stub Domains: Supported, with caveats - Status, as host process device model: No security support, not recommended +When device model stub domains are desired for the additional +security, we recommend using a device model stub domain consisting of +a modern qemu and a Linux kernel. -qemu-xen-traditional is security supported only for those available -devices which are supported for mainstream QEMU (see above), with -trusted driver domains (see Device Model Stub Domains). + Status: Obsolete ## Virtual Firmware -- 2.20.1
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