Add information about IAllocator protocol change to NEWS. Also add reference to memory over-commitment design document.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Ponomarev <[email protected]> --- NEWS | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1e6f2ec..37637b4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,32 @@ News ==== +Version 2.17.0 alpha1 +--------------------- + +*(unreleased)* + +Incompatible/important changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- The IAllocator protocol has been extended by a new ``hv-state`` parameter. + This new parameter is used to estimate the amount memory used by a node + instead of ``reserved_mem`` on hypervisors other that ``xen-pvm`` and + ``xen-hvm`` because ``reserved_mem`` was reported incorrectly on them. + As far as this ``hv_state`` parameter is not presented in iallocator input, + old ``reserved_mem`` will be used. + conversion to DRBD no secondary node is specified. As long as this new + feature is not used, a third-party IAllocator not aware of this extension can + be continued to be used. + +New features +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- ``htools`` support memory over-commitment now. Look at + :doc:`Memory Over Commitment <design-memory-over-commitment>` for the + details. + + Version 2.16.0 beta1 -------------------- -- 2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0
