Re: [Xen-devel] Clarifying PVH mode requirements

[PGNet Dev <pgnet.dev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/01/2016 02:28 AM, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> >      Do any of these^^ params need to also change with the addition of
> >
> >      pvh = 1
> Yes, you need to remove builder, xen_platform_pci and
> device_model_version, and add a kernel and ramdisk parameters that point
> to the actual kernel and ramdisk that you want to use. The file should
> look like:
Got it now.  It's a PVH config to start, not an HVM -- different than 
PVHVM ...
> > But checking cpu,
> >
> >      hwinfo --cpu | egrep "Arch|Model"
> >        Arch: X86-64
> >        Model: 6.60.3 "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz"
> You CPU is perfectly capable of running both a PVH Dom0 or DomU, check:
>
> http://ark.intel.com/products/52269/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1220-8M-Cache-3_10-GHz
>
> Look for EPT and VT-d which are the main requirements for PVH.
Clear enough.  Guess it's presumed in 'modern' VT-x; odd that cat 
/proc/cpuinfo provides no indication
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