[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 7/9] tools: Add vmware_port support
On Wed, 2015-06-03 at 18:06 +0100, George Dunlap wrote: > On 05/22/2015 04:50 PM, Don Slutz wrote: > > This new libxl_domain_create_info field is used to set > > XEN_DOMCTL_CONFIG_VMWARE_PORT_MASK in the xc_domain_configuration_t > > for x86. > > > > In xen it is is_vmware_port_enabled. > > > > If is_vmware_port_enabled then > > enable a limited support of VMware's hyper-call. > > > > VMware's hyper-call is also known as VMware Backdoor I/O Port. > > > > if vmware_port is not specified in the config file, let > > "vmware_hwver != 0" be the default value. This means that only > > vmware_hwver = 7 needs to be specified to enable both features. > > > > vmware_hwver = 7 is special because that is what controls the > > enable of CPUID leaves for VMware (vmware_hwver >= 7). > > > > Note: vmware_port and nestedhvm cannot be specified at the > > same time. > > > > Signed-off-by: Don Slutz <dslutz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Ian: > > So I *think* it may be the case that this patch only depends on patch 5 > to apply. I also think that patches 5 and 7 together add another useful > "chunk" of functionality (core vmport functionality for guest OSes). Is there any point in this chunk without 1..3? _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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