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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: fix xen-detect to correctly identify domU type
On 23/03/16 11:32, David Vrabel wrote: > On 23/03/16 10:25, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>>> On 23.03.16 at 11:14, <JGross@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> 7. Report type according to features found (this is a little bit >>> ugly: we have to rely on the current hypervisor implementation >>> regarding the bits set for the different guest types). >> >> Well, in some of the cases feature flags only make sense for one >> kind of guest, so if such a flag is set it could be used as positive >> indication (while it being clear may then still mean nothing). >> >>> Would it make sense to add another file to /sys/hypervisor/properties? >>> Something like guest_type, containing "pv", "hvm" or "pvh"? If existing >>> this could be used to report the guest type. >> >> That would seem a good idea to me. What do others, namely >> Linux maintainers, think? > > What's the use case for user space knowing if it's in a PV or HVM domain? The first thing coming to my mind would be diagnostic tools. juergen _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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