Re: [Xen-devel] Shell test for pv vs hvm (vs dom0)

["pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know, but does libvirt API has any xen compatible methods for
your requirements?
Just guessing, please feel free to correct me.

Thanks,
        --Pradeep
On 23/02/2008, Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for pointing this tool out!  Looks useful.
>
>  Unfortunately, for it to be broadly useful, it would have
>  to ship with all distros as compiling it "on demand" on
>  the guest is often not an option.
>
>  Porting xen-detect to shell script doesn't look possible since
>  it uses inline assembly.
>
>  Any other ideas?
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Keir Fraser [mailto:Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>  > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:18 PM
>  > To: dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Shell test for pv vs hvm (vs dom0)
>  >
>  >
>  > It's not a shell script, but tools/misc/xen-detect.c will do
>  > what you want
>  > on x86 platforms. To detect a Linux dom0 you can check for
>  > 'control_d' in
>  > /proc/xen/capabilities.
>  >
>  >  -- Keir
>  >
>  > On 22/2/08 20:58, "Dan Magenheimer"
>  > <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >
>  > > Is there an "officially sanctioned" method for a shell script to
>  > > test whether it is running on a native OS vs pv OS vs hvm OS
>  > > (and possibly also dom0 OS)?
>  > >
>  > > I know there are lots of different ways to determine this but
>  > > am wondering if any one will work across all (recent and future)
>  > > implementations of Xen and across multiple (at least Linux-based)
>  > > distros.
>  > >
>  > > If not, perhaps there could/should be a C/python tool in
>  > the Xen tree
>  > > that does this?
>  > >
>  > > ===================================
>  > > If Xen could save time in a bottle / then clocks wouldn't
>  > virtually skew /
>  > > It would save every tick / for VMs that aren't quick /
>  > > and Xen then would send them anew
>  > > (with apologies to the late great Jim Croce)
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