package mirage-block-xen

v1.6.2 (2019-06-26)

• Use mirage-xen 4.0 Os_xen module (#81 @TheLortex)

• generate exact Merlin files by rearranging build (#82 @avsm)

1.6.1 (2019-04-02):

• use new grant API from mirage-xen (@yomimono, @talex5)

• several code cleanups and removals (@yomimono, @emillon)

• remove ppx_cstruct direct dependency (@TheLortex)

1.6.0 (2019-01-11):

• Port to dune from jbuilder (@avsm)

1.5.4 (2017-07-05):

• Use ppx_cstruct directly instead of the cstruct.ppx compat package, which makes it easier for jbuilder subdirectory embedding.

1.5.3 (2017-06-16):

• Add missing dependency on io-page-xen

1.5.2 (2017-06-11):

• Add missing dependency on xenstore.client

1.5.1 (2017-05-30):

• Switch to jbuilder and topkg

• Update to shared-memory-ring-lwt

1.5.0 (2017-01-24)

• Build with MirageOS 3, and don't build against earlier versions

• support and test compiler versions 4.03 and 4.04

• remove unused id type

1.4.0 (2016-03-13):

• Remove dependency on camlp4; use ppx instead

• opam: now pass lint check

• use logs rather than printf

• blkfront: serialise calls to connect

• blkfront: strip deprecated prefixes like aio: from params keys

1.3.1 (2015-03-07):

• Add an explicit connect to the interface signature (#35)

1.3.0 (2015-01-29):

• Update to io-page.1.4.0 interface.

• Add an opam 1.2 file for more convenient development.

• Simplify travis configuration via centralised scripts.

1.2.0 (2014-10-03):

• blkback: add 'force_close' to more forcibly tear down the device

• blkback: make 'destroy' idempotent

• blkback: measure ring utilisation; segments per request; total requests and responses (ok and error)

• blkback: support indirect descriptors (i.e. large block sizes)

• blkfront: if the 'connect' string is at all ambiguous, fail rather than risk using the wrong disk

• blkfront: use indirect segments if available

1.1.0 (2014-01-30):

• blkback: functorise over Activations.

• Depend on xen-grant and xen-event libraries rather than xenctrl.

• Remove OS module, depend on io-page (no -unix or -xen).

• Only use the high-level Activations.after interface.

• blkfront: allow 'connect' to take '51712' (bus slot) or 'xvda' or '/dev/xvda'

• blkback: improve performance through request merging

• blkback: functorise over Activations, xenstore and backing store

• blkback: add the toolstack-level device create/destroy functions

1.0.0 (2013-12-10):

• Add ISC copyrights everywhere.

• Indent code with ocp-indent.

0.5.0 (2013-12-08):

• Block.connect: if we don't recognise the id, default to the first available disk.

0.4.0 (2013-12-08):

• implement new mirage-types BLOCK interface

0.2.5 (2013-11-10):

• fix build against cstruct.0.8.0

• blkfront write_page only needs to grant read access to the backend driver

0.2.4 (2013-10-13):

• fix reading non-page aligned sectors

0.2.3 (2013-10-05):

• add Travis continuous integration scripts.

• use new Activations.after interface

0.2.2 (2013-08-08):

• update to mirage-platform 0.9.4

0.2.0 (2013-07-17):

• blkback has significantly increased performance through mapping all requests on the ring simultaneously

0.1.3 (2013-07-14):

• 32-bit guest support fixed

• fixed critical bug in previous version which caused pages to be mapped with the wrong protection flags, leading to immediate segfaults on write

0.1.2 (2013-07-04):

• updated following mirage-xen Gnttab API change