Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-18 Thread Roger Pau Monné
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 09:48:02AM -0500, Gary R Hook wrote: > On 05/18/2017 03:16 AM, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > > > > So using your example, the config file should look like: > > > > extra = "root=/dev/xvda1 console=hvc0" > > kernel = "/root/64/vmlinuz-4.11.0-pvh+" > > ramdisk = "/root/64/initrd.

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-18 Thread Gary R Hook
On 05/18/2017 03:16 AM, Roger Pau Monné wrote: So using your example, the config file should look like: extra = "root=/dev/xvda1 console=hvc0" kernel = "/root/64/vmlinuz-4.11.0-pvh+" ramdisk = "/root/64/initrd.img-4.11.0-pvh+" builder="hvm" device_model_version="none" memory = 4096 name = "sosp

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-18 Thread Roger Pau Monné
On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 07:07:25PM -0500, Gary R Hook wrote: > On 5/16/2017 12:13 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > > On 05/16/2017 11:52 AM, Gary R Hook wrote: > > A PVH guest's config looks something like > > > > kernel="/root/64/vmlinux" > > > May I ask from whence this kernel came? > > One of 4

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-17 Thread Gary R Hook
On 5/16/2017 12:13 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: On 05/16/2017 11:52 AM, Gary R Hook wrote: A PVH guest's config looks something like kernel="/root/64/vmlinux" May I ask from whence this kernel came? One of 4.11's rcs. Make sure you set CONFIG_XEN_PVH in your .config file. Please excuse my

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-16 Thread George Dunlap
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > On 05/16/2017 11:52 AM, Gary R Hook wrote: >> On 05/15/2017 09:54 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: >>> >> >> Possibly stupid question time... >> >>> On 05/15/2017 03:51 PM, Gary R Hook wrote: >>> 2) Or, perhaps more importantly, what disti

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-16 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 05/16/2017 11:52 AM, Gary R Hook wrote: > On 05/15/2017 09:54 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: >> > > Possibly stupid question time... > >> On 05/15/2017 03:51 PM, Gary R Hook wrote: >> >>> 2) Or, perhaps more importantly, what distinguishes said guest? >> >> Simplifying things a bit, it's an HVM gu

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-16 Thread Gary R Hook
On 05/16/2017 04:36 AM, Andrew Cooper wrote: On 16/05/17 03:54, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: 2) Or, perhaps more importantly, what distinguishes said guest? Simplifying things a bit, it's an HVM guest that doesn't have device model (i.e. qemu) and which is booted directly (i.e. without hvmloader

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-16 Thread Gary R Hook
On 05/15/2017 09:54 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: Possibly stupid question time... On 05/15/2017 03:51 PM, Gary R Hook wrote: 2) Or, perhaps more importantly, what distinguishes said guest? Simplifying things a bit, it's an HVM guest that doesn't have device model (i.e. qemu) and which is

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-16 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 16/05/17 03:54, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > >> 2) Or, perhaps more importantly, what distinguishes said guest? > > Simplifying things a bit, it's an HVM guest that doesn't have device > model (i.e. qemu) and which is booted directly (i.e. without hvmloader) The "booted directly" isn't relevant h

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-16 Thread Roger Pau Monné
On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:54:19PM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: [...] > An PVH guest's config looks something like > > kernel="/root/64/vmlinux" > builder="hvm" > device_model_version="none" > extra="root=/dev/xvda1 console=hvc0" > memory=8192 > vcpus=2 >

Re: [Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-15 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 05/15/2017 03:51 PM, Gary R Hook wrote: So I've been slogging through online docs and the code, trying to understand where things stand with PVH. I think my primary questions are: 1) How do I identify a PVHv2/HVMlite guest? [root@dhcp-burlington7-2nd-B-east-10-152-55-52 ~]# dmesg | grep

[Xen-devel] Questions about PVHv2/HVMlite

2017-05-15 Thread Gary R Hook
So I've been slogging through online docs and the code, trying to understand where things stand with PVH. I think my primary questions are: 1) How do I identify a PVHv2/HVMlite guest? 2) Or, perhaps more importantly, what distinguishes said guest? I've got Xen 4.9 unstable built/installed/bo