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| author | Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> | 2012-11-27 14:13:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> | 2012-11-27 14:13:40 +0000 |
| commit | 833ea62ccb6885679c70198aebc6574364a773f3 (patch) | |
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xl: xl.conf(5): correct advice re autoballooning vs. dom0_mem.
The advice was backwards, you should really disable autoballoon if you
use dom0_mem. Also add a reference to the command-line docs.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
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diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown index 54f294a084..443685e904 100644 --- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown +++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown @@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ reservation is unlimited. For example, to set dom0's initial memory allocation to 512MB but allow it to balloon up as far as 1GB use `dom0_mem=512M,max:1G` +If you use this option then it is highly recommended that you disable +any dom0 autoballooning feature present in your toolstack. See the +_xl.conf(5)_ man page or [Xen Best +Practices](http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Best_Practices#Xen_dom0_dedicated_memory_and_preventing_dom0_memory_ballooning). + ### dom0\_shadow > `= <boolean>` |