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Re: [Xen-devel] Second release candidate for Xen 4.0.1

To: Alex Zeffertt <Alex.Zeffertt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Second release candidate for Xen 4.0.1
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:12:06 +0100
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On 10/06/2010 14:05, "Alex Zeffertt" <Alex.Zeffertt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/06/10 10:26, Keir Fraser wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> RC2 is tagged as 4.0.1-rc2 at
>> http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-4.0-testing.hg
>> 
>> Please test.
>> 
>>   -- Keir
> 
> Is it deliberate that xen/arch/x86/setup.c:arch_get_xen_caps() still reports a
> major number of 3?

Yes, it's a not-much used interface, since there are better ways to probe
for availability of specific new features, and keeping that string as-is
demonstrates we are backward-compatible for guests right back to use of
original 3.0.0 guest ABI.

 -- Keir

> Regards,
> 
> Alex



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