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* [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order
@ 2011-07-07 18:19 Anupam Chanda
  2011-07-07 23:45 ` Dong, Eddie
  2011-07-08  0:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Anupam Chanda @ 2011-07-07 18:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tglx, mingo, hpa, x86, stefano.stabellini, jeremy.fitzhardinge,
	eddie.dong, linux-kernel
  Cc: achanda

Detect Xen before HyperV because in Viridian compatibility mode Xen presents
itself as HyperV.

Signed-off-by: Anupam Chanda <achanda@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
index 8095f86..ca23091 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
 {
 	&x86_hyper_vmware,
-	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM
 	&x86_hyper_xen_hvm,
 #endif
+	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
 };
 
 const struct hypervisor_x86 *x86_hyper;
-- 
1.7.2.5


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* RE: [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order
  2011-07-07 18:19 [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order Anupam Chanda
@ 2011-07-07 23:45 ` Dong, Eddie
  2011-07-08  0:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dong, Eddie @ 2011-07-07 23:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Anupam Chanda, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
	hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org, stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com,
	jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
  Cc: Dong, Eddie

Sounds good.
Eddie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anupam Chanda [mailto:achanda@nicira.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 2:20 AM
> To: tglx@linutronix.de; mingo@redhat.com; hpa@zytor.com;
> x86@kernel.org; stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com;
> jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com; Dong, Eddie; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: achanda@nicira.com
> Subject: [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order
> 
> Detect Xen before HyperV because in Viridian compatibility mode Xen
> presents
> itself as HyperV.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anupam Chanda <achanda@nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> index 8095f86..ca23091 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> @@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
>  static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
>  {
>  	&x86_hyper_vmware,
> -	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM
>  	&x86_hyper_xen_hvm,
>  #endif
> +	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
>  };
> 
>  const struct hypervisor_x86 *x86_hyper;
> --
> 1.7.2.5


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* Re: [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order
  2011-07-07 18:19 [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order Anupam Chanda
  2011-07-07 23:45 ` Dong, Eddie
@ 2011-07-08  0:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2011-07-08  0:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Anupam Chanda
  Cc: tglx, mingo, x86, stefano.stabellini, jeremy.fitzhardinge,
	eddie.dong, linux-kernel

On 07/07/2011 11:19 AM, Anupam Chanda wrote:
> Detect Xen before HyperV because in Viridian compatibility mode Xen presents
> itself as HyperV.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anupam Chanda <achanda@nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> index 8095f86..ca23091 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> @@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
>  static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
>  {
>  	&x86_hyper_vmware,
> -	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM
>  	&x86_hyper_xen_hvm,
>  #endif
> +	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
>  };
>  
>  const struct hypervisor_x86 *x86_hyper;

Any reason to not hoist it to the top?  I'm guessing Xen emulating
VMware is more likely than the opposite...
	
	-hpa

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* [PATCH] Change hypervisor detection order
@ 2011-07-08 18:42 Anupam Chanda
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Anupam Chanda @ 2011-07-08 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tglx, mingo, hpa, x86, stefano.stabellini, jeremy.fitzhardinge,
	eddie.dong, linux-kernel
  Cc: achanda

Detect Xen before HyperV because in Viridian compatibility mode Xen presents
itself as HyperV.

Signed-off-by: Anupam Chanda <achanda@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Acked-by: Yaozu (Eddie) Dong <eddie.dong@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
index 8095f86..755f64f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
  */
 static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
 {
-	&x86_hyper_vmware,
-	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM
 	&x86_hyper_xen_hvm,
 #endif
+	&x86_hyper_vmware,
+	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
 };
 
 const struct hypervisor_x86 *x86_hyper;
-- 
1.7.2.5


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