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Arm now can use the "dom0=" Xen command line option and the support
for guests running SVE instructions is added, put entries in the
changelog.

Mention the "Tech Preview" status and add an entry in SUPPORT.md

Signed-off-by: Luca Fancellu <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Henry Wang <[email protected]> # CHANGELOG
Reviewed-by: Bertrand Marquis <[email protected]>
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luca-fancellu authored and Julien Grall committed Jun 7, 2023
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cap toolstack provided values.
- Ignore VCPUOP_set_singleshot_timer's VCPU_SSHOTTMR_future flag. The only
known user doesn't use it properly, leading to in-guest breakage.
- The "dom0" option is now supported on Arm and "sve=" sub-option can be used
to enable dom0 guest to use SVE/SVE2 instructions.

### Added
- On x86, support for features new in Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs:
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wide impact of a guest misusing atomic instructions.
- xl/libxl can customize SMBIOS strings for HVM guests.
- Add support for AVX512-FP16 on x86.
- On Arm, Xen supports guests running SVE/SVE2 instructions. (Tech Preview)


## [4.17.0](https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=RELEASE-4.17.0) - 2022-12-12

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Status: Experimental

### ARM Scalable Vector Extension (SVE/SVE2)

Arm64 domains can use Scalable Vector Extension (SVE/SVE2).

Status: Tech Preview

## Guest Type

### x86/PV
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