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Re: [PATCH] CHANGELOG.md: Update for 4.21 release cycle


  • To: Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:26:40 +0200
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On 24.09.2025 11:36, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
> --- a/CHANGELOG.md
> +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>   - Debian Trixie added to CI.  Debian Bullseye retired from CI for RISC-V due
>     to the baseline change.
>   - Linux based device model stubdomains are now fully supported.
> + - Remove libxenctrl usage from xenstored.
>  
>   - On x86:
>     - Restrict the cache flushing done as a result of guest physical memory 
> map
> @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>     - Allow controlling the MTRR cache attribute of the Xen platform PCI 
> device
>       BAR for HVM guests, to improve performance of guests using it to map the
>       grant table or foreign memory.
> +   - Allow to unflatten DTs.

What is this about? There continues to be no use of DT on x86, so without 
context
this feels pretty much meaningless to me.

> @@ -36,11 +38,20 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>     - Support in hvmloader for new SMBIOS tables: 7 (Cache Info), 8 (Port
>       Connector), 9 (System Slots), 26 (Voltage Probe), 27 (Cooling Device),
>       and 28 (Temperature Probe).
> +   - Basic kexec support to Mini-OS for running in PVH mode.

Hmm, MiniOS isn't an integral part of a Xen release, so I wonder if such really
belongs here. Yes, I also understand that there's not really anywhere else to
put such.

Jan



 


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