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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: determining if kernel is dom0 kernel or not.
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:39:17 +0100
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On 11/7/07 21:38, "Ian Campbell" <Ian.Campbell@XenSource.com> 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