On 14/05/2024 4:40 pm, Oleksii K. wrote: > Hello everyone, > > We're observing fewer merged patches/series across several > architectures for the current 4.19 release in comparison to previous > release. > > For example: > 1. For Arm, significant features like Cache Coloring and PCI > Passthrough won't be fully merged. Thus, it would be beneficial to > commit at least the following two patch series: > [1]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240511005611.83125-1-xin.wa...@amd.com/ > > [2]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240424033449.168398-1-xin.wa...@amd.com/ > > 2. For RISC-V, having the following patch series [3], mostly reviewed > with only one blocker [4], would be advantageous (As far as I know, > Andrew is planning to update his patch series): > [3]https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1713347222.git.oleksii.kuroc...@gmail.com/ > [4] > https://patchew.org/Xen/20240313172716.2325427-1-andrew.coop...@citrix.com/ > > 3. For PPC, it would be beneficial to have [5] merged: > [5] > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1712893887.git.sanasta...@raptorengineering.com/ > > Extending the feature freeze deadline by one week, until May 24th, > would provide additional time for merges mentioned above. This, in > turn, would create space for more features and fixes for x86 and other > common elements. If we agree to extend the feature freeze deadline, > please feel free to outline what you would like to see in the 4.19 > release. This will make it easier to track our final goals and > determine if they are realistically achievable. > > I'd like to open the floor for discussion on this proposal. Does it > make sense, and would it be useful?
Considering how many people are blocked on me, I'd welcome a little bit longer to get the outstanding series/fixes to land. ~Andrew
