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Re: [Xen-devel] Status of auto_translated_mode

To: "Jesper Kristensen" <cableman@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Status of auto_translated_mode
From: "Christian Limpach" <christian.limpach@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:25:16 +0100
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On 3/28/06, Jesper Kristensen <cableman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A quick question: Can this be enabled on a per domU basis and how is
> this done correctly? The furthest I can track it is in
> tools/libxc/xc_linux_build.c
>
>     shadow_mode_enabled =
> test_feature_bit(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap, required_features);
>
> one could of course for now hardcode shadow_mode_enabled to 1, but it
> sounds like there would be a config file option for this kind of thing.
> I can not seem to backtrack this any further. So my question is this:
> how do I enable translated shadow mode as cleanly as possible?

You can either enable it by adding "FEATURES=!auto_translated_physmap"
to the xen_guest section of your kernel image or you can enable it
from the xm create command line or config file:
features=auto_translated_physmap.

     christian

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