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Re: [Xen-devel] Reserving a specific range of physical memory for a gues

To: "Dasari, Annapurna" <annapurna.dasari@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Reserving a specific range of physical memory for a guest.
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:28:58 +0000
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If you create your domain early enough after boot, perhaps you could just
allocate a contiguous 1GB from the heap without any problem?

 -- Keir

On 11/02/2009 23:18, "Dasari, Annapurna" <annapurna.dasari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> However I am not sure if this will work and how complex it will be? I am yet
> to identify other areas that need to be changed. Also I am assuming that the
> xen/dom heap will not contain this physical memory, it will be treated just as
> a hole in RAM memory correct?
> Please let me know if there is a better way to do this? Also can I do this
> without bypassing the heap, but reserving certain zones instead?



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