Does Xen dom0 count as a VM?

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Fri Jul 21 13:01:03 UTC 2023


On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 10:12:07AM +0000, Sergio Gelato wrote:
> Does this project share the view expressed in https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/28113#issuecomment-1621986461 that "when it comes to systemd's PoV xen dom0 is not a VM. i.e. the VM that owns the hardware is not a VM in our eyes"?
> 
> If so, virt-what has a similar bug to the above-mentioned systemd issue.

virt-what should be able to distinguish dom0/domU.  If there's a case
when it doesn't then it's best to file a bug.

Rich.

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