Re: [XenPPC] Should the platform name be "Xen-Maple"

[Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, but in our current Kernel source the string in question  
comes from the machine description.
Am I missing something?
-Jx
On Feb 27, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote:

> Jimi, the context is that we need to modify Fedora's installer so that
> it properly detects the system it's running on. That means we're
> implementing a user-visible interface right now. I think "Xen- 
> Maple" is
> a terrible name to permanently commit ourselves to. Let's not.
>
> PPC's cpuinfo seems to have a split between "platform" and
> "machine" (where machine is more specific). I think platform = Xen is
> fine, and machine is the underlying machine.
>
> On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 14:56 -0500, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> > This comes from the fact that we are running xen from an underlying
> > host platform.
> > for example, if you boot linux without xen but on SLOF your machine
> > name is "Maple".
> > see:
> >    arch/powerpc/platforms/xen/setup.c define_machine 246
> > define_machine(xen)
> >
> >
> > I'd be interested in changing this to "Xen" for DomUs, but Dom0
> > should reflect the underlying machine type that linux would use
> > without Xen.
> > -JX
> >
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Jerone Young wrote:
> >
> > > In /proc/cpuinfo of a domain0 you see the following:
> > >
> > >  processor       : 0
> > >  cpu             : PPC970MP, altivec supported
> > >  clock           : 2300.000000MHz
> > >  revision        : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101)
> > >  processor       : 1
> > >  cpu             : PPC970MP, altivec supported
> > >  clock           : 2300.000000MHz
> > >  revision        : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101)
> > >  processor       : 2
> > >  cpu             : PPC970MP, altivec supported
> > >  clock           : 2300.000000MHz
> > >  revision        : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101)
> > >  processor       : 3
> > >  cpu             : PPC970MP, altivec supported
> > >  clock           : 2300.000000MHz
> > >  revision        : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101)
> > >  timebase        : 14318378
> > >  platform        : Xen-Maple
> > >
> > > The "platform" line "Xen-Maple" is currently used by some tools in
> > > distros to identify the platform of the machine. The question I
> > > pose is
> > > should this be changed from "Xen-Maple" since running on Xen does  
> > > not
> > > mean you are running on Maple.
> > >
> > > Something like "Xen" would probably be better. What do you guys
> > > think ?
> > >
> > >
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> Hollis Blanchard
> IBM Linux Technology Center
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