Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:32:50 +0100 | From | Heiko Carstens <> | Subject | Re: [ PATCH 2.6.16-rc3-xen 3/3] sysfs: export Xen hypervisor attributes to sysfs |
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> I'm wondering if this information couldn't be laid out in a slightly > more generic way so that other hypervisors could use the same layout. > Instead of: > > +---sys > +---hypervisor > +---xen > +---version > +---major > +---minor > +---extra > > It could be: > > +---sys > +---hypervisor > +---type > +---version > +---major > +---minor > +---extra > > Where cat /sys/hypervisor/type is 'xen'. That way, if there are generic > things about hypervisors to export here, any generic tools can find them > without having to know exactly which hypervisor is running. > > You can also set the standard that any other hypervisor has to > follow! :)
I doubt that there is much that different hypervisors can share. Why should all this be visible for user space anyway? What's the purpose?
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