From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jd Subject: Re: determining if kernel is dom0 kernel or not. Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:04:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <785281.94335.qm@web35804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Keir Fraser , Ian Campbell Cc: xendevel , jd List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Cool. This is what I was looking for. Optional : Any history behind it containing 'control_d' ? Control Dom ? Thanks /Jd --- Keir Fraser wrote: > On 11/7/07 21:38, "Ian Campbell" > wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 20:18 +0100, Keir Fraser > wrote: > >> If you want to detect dom0 specifically then > that's trickier -- > >> /proc/xen/privcmd for example exists even in a > domU, if the kernel is > >> dom0-capable. You'd have to be root and then try > a privileged hypercall. :-) > > > > Doesn't /proc/xen/capabilities contain something > different on dom0 vs. > > domU? > > Oh yes, of course. It contains 'control_d' if you > are dom0. > > -- Keir > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7