Re: [V10 PATCH 01/23] PVH xen: Add readme docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt

[Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com>]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:18:51 +0100
George Dunlap <dunlapg@umich.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Mukesh Rathor
> <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com> wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com>
> > ---
> >  docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt |   56
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 56
> > insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644
> > docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt
> >
> > diff --git a/docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt b/docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..3b14aa7
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> > +
> > +PVH : an x86 PV guest running in an HVM container. HAP is required
> > for PVH. +
> > +See:
> > http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2012/10/23/the-paravirtualization-spectrum-part-1-the-ends-of-the-spectrum/
> > + +At present the only PVH guest is an x86 64bit PV linux. Patches
> > are at:
> > +   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen.git
> 
> One thing that's missing from this is how to actually create a PVH
> guest.  I'm guessing there's a way to get the xl toolstack to create a
> PVH domain with HAP enabled?


Further down:

"The initial phase targets the booting of a 64bit UP/SMP linux guest in PVH
mode. This is done by adding: pvh=1 in the config file. xl, and not xm, is.."

So, just set pvh=1 and hap=1 in the config file. That will do it.

Mukesh