Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] docs: xlexample.hvm: mention the viridian setting

[Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>]

On 11/25/11 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Ian Campbell<ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> # Date 1322233890 0
> # Node ID b4c07fbe3557ae501fc2d8a21b41f1b1cd5198cb
> # Parent  31e71820ce93b72b0223882f6c2e1f461920bda9
> docs: xlexample.hvm: mention the viridian setting.
>
> Turning this on for Windows guests is recommended.
Actually, Hyper-V fails to boot with viridian=1 because our
viridian implementation misses features such as the virtualized
LAPIC interface.

Christoph


> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell<ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff -r 31e71820ce93 -r b4c07fbe3557 tools/examples/xlexample.hvm
> --- a/tools/examples/xlexample.hvm      Fri Nov 25 14:44:10 2011 +0000
> +++ b/tools/examples/xlexample.hvm      Fri Nov 25 15:11:30 2011 +0000
> @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ name = "example.hvm"
>   # The default behavior is to generate a new UUID each time the guest is 
> started.
>   #uuid = "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX"
>
> +# Enable Microsoft Hyper-V compatibile paravirtualisation /
> +# enlightenment interfaces. Turning this on can improve Windows guest
> +# performance and is therefore recommended
> +#viridian = 1
> +
>   # Initial memory allocation (MB)
>   memory = 128
>
>
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