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+What: /sys/hypervisor/guest_type
+Date: June 2017
+KernelVersion: 4.13
+Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
+Description: If running under Xen:
+ Type of guest:
+ "Xen": standard guest type on arm
+ "HVM": fully virtualized guest (x86)
+ "PV": paravirtualized guest (x86)
+ "PVH": fully virtualized guest without legacy emulation (x86)
+
+What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode
+Date: August 2015
+KernelVersion: 4.3
+Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
+Description: If running under Xen:
+ Describes mode that Xen's performance-monitoring unit (PMU)
+ uses. Accepted values are:
+
+ ====== ============================================
+ "off" PMU is disabled
+ "self" The guest can profile itself
+ "hv" The guest can profile itself and, if it is
+ privileged (e.g. dom0), the hypervisor
+ "all" The guest can profile itself, the hypervisor
+ and all other guests. Only available to
+ privileged guests.
+ ====== ============================================
+
+What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_features
+Date: August 2015
+KernelVersion: 4.3
+Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
+Description: If running under Xen:
+ Describes Xen PMU features (as an integer). A set bit indicates
+ that the corresponding feature is enabled. See
+ include/xen/interface/xenpmu.h for available features
+
+What: /sys/hypervisor/properties/buildid
+Date: June 2017
+KernelVersion: 4.13
+Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
+Description: If running under Xen:
+ Build id of the hypervisor, needed for hypervisor live patching.
+ Might return "<denied>" in case of special security settings
+ in the hypervisor.