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* [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory
@ 2021-11-30 16:14 Jan Beulich
  2021-11-30 16:33 ` Andrew Cooper
  2021-12-01 16:13 ` Julien Grall
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Beulich @ 2021-11-30 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xen-devel
  Cc: Andrew Cooper, George Dunlap, Ian Jackson, Julien Grall,
	Stefano Stabellini, Wei Liu

Sufficient and in particular regular testing on very large hosts cannot
currently be guaranteed. Anyone wanting us to support larger hosts is
free to propose so, but will need to supply not only test results, but
also a test plan.

This is a follow-up to XSA-385.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

--- unstable.orig/SUPPORT.md	2021-06-25 11:19:03.000000000 +0200
+++ unstable/SUPPORT.md	2021-09-10 11:15:52.270364645 +0200
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ For the Cortex A57 r0p0 - r1p1, see Erra
 
     Status, x86: Supported
 
+### Physical Memory
+
+    Status: Supported up to 8 TiB
+
+Hosts with more memory are supported, but not security supported.
+
 ### Physical Memory Hotplug
 
     Status, x86: Supported



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* Re: [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory
  2021-11-30 16:14 [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory Jan Beulich
@ 2021-11-30 16:33 ` Andrew Cooper
  2021-12-01 16:13 ` Julien Grall
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Cooper @ 2021-11-30 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Beulich, xen-devel
  Cc: Andrew Cooper, George Dunlap, Ian Jackson, Julien Grall,
	Stefano Stabellini, Wei Liu

On 30/11/2021 16:14, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Sufficient and in particular regular testing on very large hosts cannot
> currently be guaranteed. Anyone wanting us to support larger hosts is
> free to propose so, but will need to supply not only test results, but
> also a test plan.
>
> This is a follow-up to XSA-385.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory
  2021-11-30 16:14 [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory Jan Beulich
  2021-11-30 16:33 ` Andrew Cooper
@ 2021-12-01 16:13 ` Julien Grall
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Julien Grall @ 2021-12-01 16:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Beulich, xen-devel
  Cc: Andrew Cooper, George Dunlap, Ian Jackson, Stefano Stabellini, Wei Liu

Hi,

On 30/11/2021 16:14, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Sufficient and in particular regular testing on very large hosts cannot
> currently be guaranteed. Anyone wanting us to support larger hosts is
> free to propose so, but will need to supply not only test results, but
> also a test plan.
> 
> This is a follow-up to XSA-385.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com>

Cheers,

> 
> --- unstable.orig/SUPPORT.md	2021-06-25 11:19:03.000000000 +0200
> +++ unstable/SUPPORT.md	2021-09-10 11:15:52.270364645 +0200
> @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ For the Cortex A57 r0p0 - r1p1, see Erra
>   
>       Status, x86: Supported
>   
> +### Physical Memory
> +
> +    Status: Supported up to 8 TiB
> +
> +Hosts with more memory are supported, but not security supported.
> +
>   ### Physical Memory Hotplug
>   
>       Status, x86: Supported
> 

-- 
Julien Grall


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