Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:44:03 -0500 | From | "Mike D. Day" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-rc6-xen] export Xen Hypervisor attributes to sysfs |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> +---properties >> | >---capabilities >> | >---changeset > > how is this a property and not part of version? Agree, changeset should be part of version
> again what is the justification of putting this in the kernel? I though > everyone here was agreed that since the management tools that need this > talk to the hypervisor ANYWAY, they might as well just ask this > information as well....
I think we had a good discussion but short of agreement. Some tools want to read a file from /sys/hypervisor/ rather than call a c lib. (In other words, not all tools will talk to the hypervisor.) It is appropriate to view the hypervisor as a hardware device so it is appropriate to have some information in sysfs.
I appreciate the counter argument as well, but think this should be a configurable option.
thanks,
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