From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Egger Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Nested Virtualization: tools Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:41:58 +0200 Message-ID: <4D958FD6.7040706@amd.com> References: <201103091522.14650.Christoph.Egger@amd.com> <19860.50935.146868.916017@mariner.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <19860.50935.146868.916017@mariner.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Ian Jackson Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 03/31/11 20:24, Ian Jackson wrote: > Christoph Egger writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/12] Nested Virtualization: tools"): >> tools: Add nestedhvm guest config option > > I don't have an objection to this. The tools parts seem largely sane. > However, I have two queries. > > Firstly, one for Christoph: is this patch safe to apply before the > relevant hypervisor features, or will it break ? If it will break > then it should be applied later. It is safe. nested virtualization is disabled by default. You have to add "nestedhvm=1" to your guest config file to make the guest see hw virtualization available. > Secondly, one for the Xen.org team in general: are we accepting new > features in Xend ? If not then I should drop the changes to xend from > this patch. > > Ian. > -- ---to satisfy European Law for business letters: Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85689 Dornach b. Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Alberto Bozzo, Andrew Bowd Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis Muenchen Registergericht Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632