From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=E9?= Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 31/31] libxl: allow the creation of HVM domains without a device model. Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 17:57:05 +0200 Message-ID: <55C4D551.4060402@citrix.com> References: <1438942688-7610-1-git-send-email-roger.pau@citrix.com> <1438942688-7610-32-git-send-email-roger.pau@citrix.com> <20150807151844.GO29527@l.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta3.messagelabs.com ([195.245.230.39]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNk1g-0000In-Q5 for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:57:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20150807151844.GO29527@l.oracle.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Ian Campbell , Wei Liu , Ian Jackson , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org El 07/08/15 a les 17.18, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk ha escrit: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 12:18:08PM +0200, Roger Pau Monne wrote: >> Replace the firmware loaded into HVM guests with an OS kernel. Since the HVM >> builder now uses the PV xc_dom_* set of functions this kernel will be parsed >> and loaded inside the guest like on PV, but the container is a pure HVM >> guest. > > What is your plan in regards to the 'pvh' parameteR? Should it be > repurposed so you can use both? I haven't thought about this TBH. One option could be to make the pvh parameter an alias to builder='hvm' device_model_version='none' with a forced 64bit entry point, but since PVH has never made it out of the experimental state I'm not sure if it's worth to keep it. Roger.