Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: fix xen-detect to correctly identify domU type

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 25.03.16 at 09:54, <JGross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Another sum up:
> 
> - common sense seems to be the current way xen-detect is trying to
>   guess the guest type is unreliable and should be dropped (Jan
>   would like to keep it, but I guess he just wants the information
>   to be available - is this correct, Jan?)

I just didn't want something that might be useful (even if only
for debugging purposes) to get dropped without some further
thinking about it. It's a tools/ component, so I'll trust the
judgment of the tools maintainers in this regard.

Jan

> - the command line options of xen-detect are not necessary any more
> - the information which guest type we are should be obtainable from
>   inside the guest, the consumer of this information should be humans
>   only
> - the OS already knows in which mode it is running, so it should be the
>   kernel to present that information (David disagrees here: he isn't
>   convinced this information is it worth to add another kernel
>   interface)
> 
> As there is no real hurry to have this topic settled I'd suggest we just
> discuss it at the Hackathon (all involved in the discussion so far but
> George will be there). What do you think?
> 
> 
> Juergen




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