On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote:
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hugo Trippaers [mailto:htrippa...@schubergphilis.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:51 AM
>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: add clouddev commit by Edison Su
>>
>> Heya,
>>
>> I was browsing through the clouddev commit and noticed that the
>> xen.check.hvm parameter is no hardcoded to false:
>> @@ -457,8<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-
>> cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hyperviso
>> r/xen/discoverer/XcpServerDiscoverer.java;h=8a6c60546d024c3bb9f4cef9a09
>> b336f07d3ab76;hb=8a6c60546d024c3bb9f4cef9a09b336f07d3ab76#l457>
>> +480,7<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-
>> cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hyperviso
>> r/xen/discoverer/XcpServerDiscoverer.java;h=4fd202beedcfc2f2d7841c30b59
>> 891b1a9362363;hb=4fd202beedcfc2f2d7841c30b59891b1a9362363#l480> @@
>> public class XcpServerDiscoverer extends DiscovererBase implements
>> Discoverer, L
>> Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
>>
>> value = _params.get("xen.check.hvm");
>> - _checkHvm = value == null ? true : Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
>> -
>> + _checkHvm = false;
>> _connPool = XenServerConnectionPool.getInstance();
>>
>> _agentMgr.registerForHostEvents(this, true, false, true);
>>
>
> Put checkhvm to false, meaning allow admin add a hypervisor host with no hvm
> support.
> While when creating a VM, there is another check against hvm in
> firstfitallocator.
> So setting it's to false, will not impact the current functionality.
>
>> I'm not sure if this is a good idea, the 'old' default is true and that
>> makes it a conscious decision by the admin to allow non hvm boxes. If
>> we want it like this should we remove the parameter completely?
>
> Agree, it's better to set xen.check.hvm in configuration xml, other than
> hardcode it to false.
> I'll fix it later.
Hugo, feel free to submit a patch. I am sure Edison would welcome the help.
--David
