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

[Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/25/25 8:26 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:

> 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.
>     
I am referring to https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20250722000525.7247-1-alejandro.garciavallejo@xxxxxxx/.

> > @@ -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.
>     
I decided to put it here since we include information about stubdoms in CHANGELOG.md,
and MiniOS is related to that.

~ Oleksii