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23.15. Hypervisor Features
Hypervisors may allow certain CPU or machine features to be enabled (
state='on') or disabled (state='off').
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<features>
<pae/>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<hap/>
<privnet/>
<hyperv>
<relaxed state='on'/>
</hyperv>
</features>
...
Figure 23.25. Hypervisor features
All features are listed within the
<features> element, if a <state> is not specified it is disabled. The available features can be found by calling the capabilities XML, but a common set for fully virtualized domains are:
Table 23.10. Hypervisor features elements
| State | Description |
|---|---|
<pae> | Physical address extension mode allows 32-bit guest virtual machines to address more than 4 GB of memory. |
<acpi> | Useful for power management. For example, with KVM guest virtual machines it is required for graceful shutdown to work. |
<apic> | Allows the use of programmable IRQ management. This element has an optional attribute eoi with values on and off, which sets the availability of EOI (End of Interrupt) for the guest virtual machine. |
<hap> | Enables the use of hardware assisted paging if it is available in the hardware. |
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