[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Switch Hardware Virtualization On/Off
Thanks for the quick answer! How do I create the HVM guest? By including the following line in the config file: builder='hvm' ? And when I want to use PV I just drop it away? Thanks! br, Nikola On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha<fajar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Nikola K. Zahariev<nirangor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> When is actually hardware virtualization being used? > > When you use HVM guest. > >> If we assume the CPU supports HV, does XEN use it by default? > > Xen tries to use it when you create HVM guest. If it's not available, > domU creation failed. > >> Is there a possibility to switch it off, so that paravirtualization is used? > > Use PV guest. > >> How can I check if I am currently using HV or PV? > > Check what type of domU you're using. It's easiest to see from dom0 > (by looking at domU config or xenstore). > There are also files/folder specific to PV domU (for example, on linux > PV domU "cat /sys/hypervisor/type" should return "xen"). Or you could > look at this : http://lxr.xensource.com/lxr/source/tools/misc/xen-detect.c > > -- > Fajar > _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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