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Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:43:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Henrique Barboza To: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH v1 4/4] NEWS.rst: document the pSeries NVDIMM auto-alignment revival Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:42:59 -0300 Message-Id: <20200915024259.193494-5-danielhb413@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200915024259.193494-1-danielhb413@gmail.com> References: <20200915024259.193494-1-danielhb413@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mimecast-Impersonation-Protect: Policy=CLT - Impersonation Protection Definition; Similar Internal Domain=false; Similar Monitored External Domain=false; Custom External Domain=false; Mimecast External Domain=false; Newly Observed Domain=false; Internal User Name=false; Custom Display Name List=false; Reply-to Address Mismatch=false; Targeted Threat Dictionary=false; Mimecast Threat Dictionary=false; Custom Threat Dictionary=false; X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.11.54.5 X-loop: libvir-list@redhat.com Cc: Daniel Henrique Barboza X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza --- NEWS.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 14f098b1f6..9020696f86 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ v6.8.0 (unreleased) useful for containerised scenarios and can be used in both peer2peer a= nd direct migrations. =20 + * Re-introduce NVDIMM auto-alignment for pSeries Guests + + This feature was removed in libvirt v6.7.0 due to its shortcomings, na= mely + the lack of consistency between domain XML and actual NVDIMM size the = guest + is using, but it came at a too high of a cost - we broke existing gues= ts + that were running in libvirt v.6.6.0 and now had to adjust the size by + hand. The auto-alignment was re-introduced back, allowing existing gue= sts + to keep running as usual. But now, instead of auto-aligning in a trans= parent + manner, it is also changing the domain XML. This brings a good balance + between consistency of domain XML and guest information, and also reli= eves + the user of knowing the alignment internals of pSeries NVDIMMs. + * **Bug fixes** =20 =20 --=20 2.26.2