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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][XM-TEST] Test that tries to create a 16MB domain

To: Dan Smith <danms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][XM-TEST] Test that tries to create a 16MB domain
From: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:15:41 +0100
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On 11/16/05, Dan Smith <danms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds a test that tries to create a domain with only 16MB of
> RAM.  It verifies that the domain is created and that the console
> works.
>
> Right now this test fails for me: the domain just dies immediately
> with no indication of why, or with any useful console data.  Should we
> put a sanity check on xm's create and mem-set commands that prevent
> the user from doing something we know won't work?  Perhaps we can add
> a --force flag to allow overrides.

I routinely create 4M domains (and I would be able to create them even
smaller if the domain builder would allow it), there is event a recent
Xen paper that mentions running ttylinux in this amout of space.

I think this is a problem in XenLinux, it was discussed recently, and
that you can 'fix' it by setting mem=16M on the linux command line.

Jacob


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