Re: [libvirt] [RFC v2] Export KVM Host Power Management capabilities

This patch exports KVM Host Power Management capabilities as XML so that higher-level systems management software can make use of these features available in the host. The script "pm-is-supported" (from pm-utils package) is run to discover if Suspend-to-RAM (S3) or Suspend-to-Disk (S4) is supported by the host. If either of them are supported, then a new tag "<power_management>" is introduced in the XML under the <host> tag. Eg: When the host supports both S3 and S4, the XML looks like this: <capabilities> <host> <uuid>dc699581-48a2-11cb-b8a8-9a0265a79bbe</uuid> <cpu> <arch>i686</arch> <model>coreduo</model> <vendor>Intel</vendor> <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='1'/> <feature name='xtpr'/> <feature name='tm2'/> <feature name='est'/> <feature name='vmx'/> <feature name='pbe'/> <feature name='tm'/> <feature name='ht'/> <feature name='ss'/> <feature name='acpi'/> <feature name='ds'/> </cpu> <power_management> <<<=== New host power management features <S3/> <S4/> </power_management> <migration_features> <live/> <uri_transports> <uri_transport>tcp</uri_transport> </uri_transports> </migration_features> </host> . . . However in case the host does not support any power management feature, then the XML will not contain the <power_management> tag. The initial discussion about this patch was done in [1]. And the choice to name the new tag as "power_management" was discussed in [2]. Please let me know your comments and feedback.