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[RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory

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Series [RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory | expand

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Jan Beulich Nov. 30, 2021, 4:14 p.m. UTC
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>

Comments

Andrew Cooper Nov. 30, 2021, 4:33 p.m. UTC | #1
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>
Julien Grall Dec. 1, 2021, 4:13 p.m. UTC | #2
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
>
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--- 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