Re: [Xen-users] dom0 dedicated memory Xen dom0 dedicated memory and preventing dom0 memory ballooning

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barny Kadlecsik wrote:
> I'm trying to configure GRUB to allocate fixed amount of dedicated 
> memory to dom0, according to this best practices thread 
> (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenBestPractices | "Xen dom0 
> dedicated memory and preventing dom0 memory ballooning "). When I 
> reboot, dom0 has the fixed amount of memory as it was configured, 
> but neither xm info shows the rest of memory available for the 
> Hypervisor, nor can start domUs (due to lack of memory). For me it 
> seems that the memory over the configured dom0_mem parameter is 
> somehow invisible to the Hypervisor and both dom0/dumUs are unable 
> to use it.
> Is the given best practices article broken, or am I missing something?
>
> -------
> Debian Squeeze
> ii  linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64      2.6.32-34squeeze1           
> Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs, Xen dom0 support
> ii  xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64            4.0.1-2 
> The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64
> ------
Working here for me, what is the boot stanza (ie the section from the 
grub config) for that hypervisor & kernel ?
What does "xm info" say about memory ?

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