Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] xen: add sysfs node for guest type

2017-05-26 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 05/26/2017 08:56 AM, Juergen Gross wrote: > Currently there is no reliable user interface inside a Xen guest to > determine its type (e.g. HVM, PV or PVH). Instead of letting user mode > try to determine this by various rather hacky mechanisms (parsing of > boot messages before they are gone,

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] xen: add sysfs node for guest type

2017-05-26 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 05/26/2017 08:56 AM, Juergen Gross wrote: > Currently there is no reliable user interface inside a Xen guest to > determine its type (e.g. HVM, PV or PVH). Instead of letting user mode > try to determine this by various rather hacky mechanisms (parsing of > boot messages before they are gone,

[PATCH v2 2/2] xen: add sysfs node for guest type

2017-05-26 Thread Juergen Gross
Currently there is no reliable user interface inside a Xen guest to determine its type (e.g. HVM, PV or PVH). Instead of letting user mode try to determine this by various rather hacky mechanisms (parsing of boot messages before they are gone, trying to make use of known subtle differences in

[PATCH v2 2/2] xen: add sysfs node for guest type

2017-05-26 Thread Juergen Gross
Currently there is no reliable user interface inside a Xen guest to determine its type (e.g. HVM, PV or PVH). Instead of letting user mode try to determine this by various rather hacky mechanisms (parsing of boot messages before they are gone, trying to make use of known subtle differences in