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[Xen-devel] HVM Loader Doesn't See the "vcpus" .hvm Parameter?

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Subject: [Xen-devel] HVM Loader Doesn't See the "vcpus" .hvm Parameter?
From: "Ahamed K, Rafiq (HP)" <rafiq.ahamed@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 19:07:13 -0400
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Thread-topic: HVM Loader Doesn't See the "vcpus" .hvm Parameter?
Every time "hvmloader" comes up to load a VM, it shows  cpu=1 as detected, no matter what number you give in .hvm configuration file. I have vcpus=2 and cpus = "2-4" in my .hvm file!
 
Any idea why is this?  Or Am I missing anything?
 
I am guessing due to this I am not able to run the un-modified "Multiprocessor" Windows.
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
Thanks R
 
 
These are the details of my configuration
 
I am having a server with 2 dual core XEON with VT-x enabled on it.
 
Linux linux 2.6.16.13-xen #2 SMP Wed May 24 10:41:28 MDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
 
linux:~ # xm info
host                   : linux
release                : 2.6.16.13-xen
version                : #2 SMP Wed May 24 10:41:28 MDT 2006
machine                : i686
nr_cpus                : 8
nr_nodes               : 1
sockets_per_node       : 2
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 2
cpu_mhz                : 2667
hw_caps                : bfebfbff:20100000:00000000:00000180:000064bd:00000000:00000001
total_memory           : 3583
free_memory            : 2522
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 0
xen_extra              : -unstable
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32
platform_params        : virt_start=0xfc000000
xen_changeset          : Sun May 21 20:15:58 2006 +0100 10058:14717dedba02
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)
cc_compile_by          : root
cc_compile_domain      : local
cc_compile_date        : Wed May 24 10:31:04 MDT 2006
 
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