Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v12 6/8] tools: Add vmware_port support

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2015-06-27 at 19:27 -0400, 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>

Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>


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