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[Xen-devel] Re: [ PATCH 2.6.16-rc3-xen 3/3] sysfs: export Xen hypervisor

To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [ PATCH 2.6.16-rc3-xen 3/3] sysfs: export Xen hypervisor attributes to sysfs
From: "Mike D. Day" <ncmike@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:06:12 -0500
Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>, lkml <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
surely those tools already talk to the hypervisor.. so they might as
well ask for this information themselves... no need to bloat the kernel
for this

Yes, it is an optional function. The current implementation is a module that can be omitted from the configuration, built-in, or loadable.

Mike

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