[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Signature == "NovellShimHv" ???
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:41:41AM +1000, James Harper wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:24:43AM +1000, James Harper wrote: > > > A user of GPLPV is reporting a problem with the drivers on Windows > 2008, > > > and it appears that GPLPV is finding a signature of 'NovellShimHv' > > > instead of 'XenVMMXenVMM'. > > > > > > Can anyone suggest a reason for this? > > > > SLES10 SP2 Xen has the code for this. It is basically an early version > of the > > Veridian interface. > > Ah. Hmmm. So does that mean that PV drivers on HVM domains (windows or > Linux) aren't going to work at all? Should I check for both I don't think you need to worry about Linux. The shim enabled extra functionality so that under Windows 2008 (and further) you wouldn't hit the BSOD watchdog failure. I don't think any extra functionaly was provided besides that. > 'NovellShimHv' and 'XenVMMXenVMM'? I notice that the unmodified drivers > tree under xen doesn't check for this, and neither does hvmloader. Correct. SLES version to my recollection never made it to Xen-devel. > > James > _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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