On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 9:57 AM Bruce Ashfield via lists.yoctoproject.org <bruce.ashfield=gmail....@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 9:55 AM Amneesh Singh <a-sing...@ti.com> wrote: >> >> On 09:44-20240906, Bruce Ashfield wrote: >> > On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 9:37 AM Amneesh Singh <a-sing...@ti.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Hello, >> > > >> > > Is backporting Xen 4.19+stable to scarthgap a possibility? >> > > >> > >> > I don't hold quite as strictly to the "no new major versions in stable >> > branches" >> >> I agree, freezing Xen to 4.18, would limit things in my opinion. >> > > That's not quite what I meant. > > There's very few recipes that we are willing to carry multiple versions > of in main layers, Xen is one of them. If it wasn't for that, this would be > a definite no, since if someone wants new features, we simply point > them at the next release. > > It also isn't something that I'd continually do (again, I'm only talking > about the official meta-virt layers/branches) as more Xen releases > arrive through the lifetime of a LTS. The support matrix is too high > at that point, and again, I'd just point to the new releases. > > >> >> > as OE core does. In particular for recipes that I carry multiple versions >> > of. >> > >> > Xen does fall into that category, if there's a compelling reason (i.e. a >> > feature we can't backport that is required), then 4.19 could be added, but >> > not made the default version (that would break policy). >> >> I am mostly interested in dynamic node programming using overlay dtbo. >> Although, I have not tried it with dom0less domains yet. >> >> Other than that, I have a patchset which I'll have to rewrite to make it >> work with 4.18 :p, so I was trying to avoid that. >> >> What do you think? Is it possible to make this work? > > > It should definitely be possible, and something I'm willing to do as it is > an already tested version in master. I also so like to keep things we > want to support in meta-virt itself, versus external mixin layers > (when possible). > > Have you tried just taking the recipes from meta-virt master and seeing > how the work on scarthgap ? I'm still doing current release bug fixing > and package updates, so it will be a while before I get a chance to try > that myself.
I never did get any follow ups to this. But I did go ahead and push a lightly tested Xen 4.19 recipe to scarthgap. Bruce > > Bruce > > >> >> >> > >> > Bruce >> > >> >> Regards >> Amneesh > > > > -- > - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at > its end > - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II > > > > -- - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
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