RE: [Xen-devel] Xen Signature == "NovellShimHv" ???

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:24:43AM +1000, James Harper wrote:
> > A user of GPLPV is reporting a problem with the drivers on Windows
2008,
> > and it appears that GPLPV is finding a signature of 'NovellShimHv'
> > instead of 'XenVMMXenVMM'.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a reason for this?
> 
> SLES10 SP2 Xen has the code for this. It is basically an early version
of the
> Veridian interface.

Ah. Hmmm. So does that mean that PV drivers on HVM domains (windows or
Linux) aren't going to work at all? Should I check for both
'NovellShimHv' and 'XenVMMXenVMM'? I notice that the unmodified drivers
tree under xen doesn't check for this, and neither does hvmloader.

James


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