diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 index 23932bea63..82c6b20251 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 +++ b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ The semantics of each C<KEY> defines which form of C<VALUE> is required. If disabled then C<xl> will not attempt to reduce the amount of memory assigned to domain 0 in order to create free memory when starting a -new domain. You should set this if you use the C<dom0_mem> hypervisor -command line to reduce the amount of memory given to domain 0 by -default. +new domain. You are strongly recommended to set this to C<0> +(C<False>) if you use the C<dom0_mem> hypervisor command line to +reduce the amount of memory given to domain 0 by default. Default: C<1> 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>` |