Thanks Liam. 
My program is required to support the early version of LDOM. 
Is there any plan to port these API to the early OS?  Or is there
any other method I can use the detect guest domain?

> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:45:02 +0100
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ldoms-discuss] Is It a Guest Domain
> 
> On 10/08/2010 11:29, JoeBilish wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Liam,
> > 
> > Thanks, this is what I want.
> > 
> > Can I use this APIs for early version of LODM?
> > 
> 
> It will only be in very recent OS versions (e.g. it isn't in S10U8, the most
> recently available S10 release)
> 
> Liam
> 
> 
> >  > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:14:26 +0100
> >  > From: [email protected]
> >  > To: [email protected]
> >  > CC: [email protected]
> >  > Subject: Re: [ldoms-discuss] Is It a Guest Domain
> >  >
> >  > On 10/08/2010 10:54, JoeBilish wrote:
> >  > > Hi All,
> >  > >
> >  > > Our program is required to detect if it's running inside a guest 
> > domain for license purpose.
> >  > > And I find some useful informations at
> >  > > 
> > http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/download/Community+Group+ldoms/files/introtoldoms3usenix.pdf
> >  > >
> >  > > According to that document, we can check the device under 
> > /etc/path_to_inst to detect a guest 
> > domain.
> >  > > Then my method is:
> >  > >
> >  > > if there is "channel-devices"
> >  > > then
> >  > > return guest_domain.
> >  > > else
> >  >! ; > if all the "network" are "virtual-devices"
> >  > > return guest_domain
> >  > > then
> >  > >
> >  > > does this make sense? Is this enough to say this is a guest domain? 
> > Any things wrong here you 
> > can see?
> >  >
> >  > You are better off using virtinfo(1M) which is a Committed interface.
> >  > It was integrated into snv_135
> >  >
> >  > PSARC 2010/004 Logical Domains Information API and ldminfo
> >  > 6680702 RFE: Want a mechanism for Solaris to know if it is an LDOM and 
> > if so what type
> >  >
> >  > http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2010/004/
> >  >
> >  > Liam
> 
                                          
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