Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] CHANGELOG: Add missing entries for work during the 4.17 release

[Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Henry,

On 23/11/2022 05:03, Henry Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Henry Wang <Henry.Wang@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3 -> v4:
> - Use the corrected sentence for VIRT_SSBD and MSR_SPEC_CTRL
> - Clarify that the virtio-mmio toolstack for ARM is only creating the
>   device-tree binding.
> - Remove the "initial" in i.MX entry.
> v2 -> v3:
> - Move the uncertain release date to patch #3.
> v1 -> v2:
> - Correct wording for two x86 entries (clock frequency calibration
> and SPR & ADL support) following Jan's suggestion.
> - Add missing Arm entries from Oleksandr.
> - Add missing i.MX entry following Stefano's suggestion.
> ---
>  CHANGELOG.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
> index adbbb216fa..8fa8b198b3 100644
> --- a/CHANGELOG.md
> +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
> @@ -4,16 +4,43 @@ Notable changes to Xen will be documented in this file.
> 
>  The format is based on [Keep a 
> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
> 
> -## [unstable 
> UNRELEASED](https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=staging) - 
> TBD
> +## [4.17.0](https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=staging)
> 
>  ### Changed
>   - On x86 "vga=current" can now be used together with GrUB2's gfxpayload 
> setting. Note that
>     this requires use of "multiboot2" (and "module2") as the GrUB commands 
> loading Xen.
> + - The "gnttab" option now has a new command line sub-option for disabling 
> the
> +   GNTTABOP_transfer functionality.
> + - The x86 MCE command line option info is now updated.
> 
>  ### Added / support upgraded
> + - Out-of-tree builds for the hypervisor now supported.
> + - The project has officially adopted 4 directives and 24 rules of MISRA-C,
> +   added MISRA-C checker build integration, and defined how to document
> +   deviations.
>   - IOMMU superpage support on x86, affecting PV guests as well as HVM/PVH 
> ones
>     when they don't share page tables with the CPU (HAP / EPT / NPT).
> - - Support VIRT_SSBD feature for HVM guests on AMD.
> + - Support for VIRT_SSBD and MSR_SPEC_CTRL for HVM guests on AMD.
> + - Improved TSC, CPU, and APIC clock frequency calibration on x86.
> + - Add mwait-idle support for SPR and ADL on x86.
> + - Extend security support for hosts to 12 TiB of memory on x86.
> + - Add command line option to set cpuid parameters for dom0 at boot time on 
> x86.
> + - Improved static configuration options on Arm.
> + - cpupools can be specified at boot using device tree on Arm.
> + - It is possible to use PV drivers with dom0less guests, allowing statically
> +   booted dom0less guests with PV devices.
> + - On Arm, p2m structures are now allocated out of a pool of memory set 
> aside at
> +   domain creation.
> + - Improved mitigations against Spectre-BHB on Arm.
> + - Support VirtIO-MMIO devices device-tree binding creation in toolstack on 
> Arm.
> + - Allow setting the number of CPUs to activate at runtime from command line
> +   option on Arm.
> + - Grant-table support on Arm was improved and hardened by implementing
> +   "simplified M2P-like approach for the xenheap pages"
> + - Add Renesas R-Car Gen4 IPMMU-VMSA support on Arm.
> + - Add i.MX lpuart and i.MX8QM support on Arm.
> + - Improved toolstack build system.
> + - Add Xue - console over USB 3 Debug Capability.
Looking at the "Added" section for the previous releases, we seem to mention 
the changes to CI (automation/) as well.
Because there were quite a few changes done in this release, adding at least 
the following, can be beneficial (something to consider):
- gitlab-ci automation: Fixes and improvements together with new tests

> 
>  ### Removed / support downgraded
>   - dropped support for the (x86-only) "vesa-mtrr" and "vesa-remap" command 
> line options
> --
> 2.25.1
> 
> 

~Michal