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diff --git a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 b/docs/man/xl.pod.1 index e8a5d216fe..eb85ca01fa 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 +++ b/docs/man/xl.pod.1 @@ -32,19 +32,35 @@ each of those subcommands. =head1 NOTES +=over 4 + +=item start the script B</etc/init.d/xencommons> at boot time + Most B<xl> operations rely upon B<xenstored> and B<xenconsoled>: make sure you start the script B</etc/init.d/xencommons> at boot time to initialize all the daemons needed by B<xl>. +=item setup a B<xenbr0> bridge in dom0 + In the most common network configuration, you need to setup a bridge in dom0 named B<xenbr0> in order to have a working network in the guest domains. Please refer to the documentation of your Linux distribution to know how to setup the bridge. +=item B<autoballoon> + +If you specify the amount of memory dom0 has, passing B<dom0_mem> to +Xen, it is highly reccomended to disable B<autoballoon>. Edit +B</etc/xen/xl.conf> and set it to 0. + +=item run xl as B<root> + Most B<xl> commands require root privileges to run due to the communications channels used to talk to the hypervisor. Running as non root will return an error. +=back + =head1 GLOBAL OPTIONS Some global options are always available: |