Re: [Xen-devel] [xen-unstable test] 10481: regressions - FAIL

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 13.12.11 at 15:20, Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [xen-unstable test] 10481: regressions 
> - 
> FAIL"):
>> I was about half way through implementing this when it occurred to me
>> that the reaction to a power button press is a guest OS option and can
>> result in a shutdown, a reboot or even a suspend.
>> 
>> Unless I'm mistaken?
> 
> Firstly, aren't there several possible indications we could send, in
> which case we pick one most likely to make the guest shut down ?
> 
> Secondly, having the guest attempt to reboot is probably better than
> simply shooting it in the head.  (We could even intercept that and
> have it be destroyed anyway.)

That would be acceptable when picking between shutdown and reboot,
but converting a guest attempt to suspend (to RAM) into shutdown
certainly isn't.

> At least this way if the user wants
> graceful shutdown they can configure the guest to do a shutdown and
> then xl shutdown will work.
> 
> At the moment it doesn't work at all without pv drivers.

Isn't that the way it is intended to be?

Jan


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