[Qemu-devel] seabios stable release

[Qemu-devel] seabios stable release

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

Looks like we need a stable release branch for 1.8 and roll out a 1.8.1
release with some fixes for qemu.

Issue #1: support for multiple pci roots.

Issue #2: There is a (not-yet fixed) emulation failure with newer intel
processors, apparently triggered by seabios commit
0673b7870063a3affbad9046fb6d385a4e734c19

Thread starts here:
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg01140.html

Other known issues in 1.8 which should be addressed in 1.8.1?

cheers,
  Gerd

Re: [Qemu-devel] seabios stable release

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 02:48:18PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> Looks like we need a stable release branch for 1.8 and roll out a 1.8.1
> release with some fixes for qemu.
> 
> Issue #1: support for multiple pci roots.
> 
> Issue #2: There is a (not-yet fixed) emulation failure with newer intel
> processors, apparently triggered by seabios commit
> 0673b7870063a3affbad9046fb6d385a4e734c19
> 
> Thread starts here:
>   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg01140.html
> 
> Other known issues in 1.8 which should be addressed in 1.8.1?

I think the PVSCSI fix (bc82fa43) should go in.

-Kevin

Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] seabios stable release

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Mi, 2015-03-11 at 14:31 -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 02:48:18PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> >   Hi,
> > 
> > Looks like we need a stable release branch for 1.8 and roll out a 1.8.1
> > release with some fixes for qemu.
> > 
> > Issue #1: support for multiple pci roots.
> > 
> > Issue #2: There is a (not-yet fixed) emulation failure with newer intel
> > processors, apparently triggered by seabios commit
> > 0673b7870063a3affbad9046fb6d385a4e734c19
> > 
> > Thread starts here:
> >   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg01140.html
> > 
> > Other known issues in 1.8 which should be addressed in 1.8.1?
> 
> I think the PVSCSI fix (bc82fa43) should go in.

Branch created, three patches (2x pvscsi + 1x multiple pci root)
cherry-picked from master, pushed.

The smp race fix will follow as soon as it hits master.

More candidates?

I plan to tag 1.8.1 tomorrow or next monday, so the release will be
ready in time for qemu 2.3-rc0 which is planned for next tuesday.

cheers,
  Gerd

Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] seabios stable release

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> Branch created, three patches (2x pvscsi + 1x multiple pci root)
> cherry-picked from master, pushed.
> 
> The smp race fix will follow as soon as it hits master.

Was cherry-picked friday.

> I plan to tag 1.8.1 tomorrow or next monday, so the release will be
> ready in time for qemu 2.3-rc0 which is planned for next tuesday.

Release 1.8.1 tagged & pushed, source tarball uploaded.

cheers,
  Gerd