[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Enable _OSI(Linux) for Xen HVM domains
On 6/11/07 17:00, "Alex Williamson" <alex.williamson@xxxxxx> wrote: > Things are a bit different for Xen HVM domains. Both the OS and the > BIOS code are open source, and (IMHO) there's no reason a Linux guest > shouldn't acknowledge Linux compatibility when running on Xen. On ia64, > we're actually using this information to make some optimizations in the > hypervisor for handling the guest. The mechanism to enable a positive > response to _OSI(Linux) is a simple DMI hook with fields generated from > the SMBIOS table, which both x86 and ia64 Xen provide to HVM domains. > Please let me know if there are any comments or objections to submitting > this upstream. Thanks, Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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