'xm mem-set' and 'xm vcpu-set' require cooperation of the domain. This
patch just clarifies the xm.1 manpage to make it clear that the commands
won't work on a purely fullvirt domain.
Rich.
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diff -r f17b34df974f docs/man/xm.pod.1
--- a/docs/man/xm.pod.1 Wed Jan 16 15:55:57 2008 +0000
+++ b/docs/man/xm.pod.1 Thu Jan 17 17:21:23 2008 +0000
@@ -254,9 +254,12 @@ domain, as it may balloon down its memor
=item B<mem-set> I<domain-id> I<mem>
-Set the domain's used memory using the balloon driver. Because this
-operation requires cooperation from the domain operating system, there
-is no guarantee that it will succeed.
+Set the domain's used memory using the balloon driver.
+
+Because this operation requires cooperation from the domain operating
+system, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. This command will
+definitely not work unless the domain has the required paravirt
+driver.
B<Warning:> There is no good way to know in advance how small of a
mem-set will make a domain unstable and cause it to crash. Be very
@@ -391,6 +394,10 @@ Attempting to set the VCPUs to a number
Attempting to set the VCPUs to a number larger than the initially
configured VCPU count is an error. Trying to set VCPUs to < 1 will be
quietly ignored.
+
+Because this operation requires cooperation from the domain operating
+system, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. This command will
+not work with a full virt domain.
=item B<vcpu-list> [I<domain-id>]
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