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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Signature == "NovellShimHv" ???

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Signature == "NovellShimHv" ???
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:30:04 +0100
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On 15/09/2009 02:41, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> SLES10 SP2 Xen has the code for this. It is basically an early version
> of the
>> Veridian interface.
> 
> Ah. Hmmm. So does that mean that PV drivers on HVM domains (windows or
> Linux) aren't going to work at all? Should I check for both
> 'NovellShimHv' and 'XenVMMXenVMM'? I notice that the unmodified drivers
> tree under xen doesn't check for this, and neither does hvmloader.

They may have moved XenVMMXenVMM out of the way to another leaf? Like we do
with the checked-in Viridian shim.

 -- Keir



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