Hi, I heard about the balloon driver but can''t find doc on it... What''s that? Is there doc about it? Thanks. -jec -- Jean-Eric Cuendet Riskpro Technologies SA Av du 14 avril 1b, 1020 Renens Switzerland Principal: +41 21 637 0110 Fax: +41 21 637 01 11 Direct: +41 21 637 0123 E-mail: jean-eric.cuendet at rptec.ch rptec.ch -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> I heard about the balloon driver but can''t find doc on it... > What''s that?It allows a domain to give some of its memory back to Xen. This makes its memory footprint smaller. The memory can then be used for other domains. The memory can be reclaimed later so domains can also grow. To use the driver: * In a domain, "cat <memory target> > /proc/xen/balloon" * In domain zero use "xm balloon <dom> <memory target>> Is there doc about it?It''s described in the user manual. Cheers, Mark ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> > I heard about the balloon driver but can''t find doc on it... > > What''s that? > > It allows a domain to give some of its memory back to Xen. This makes its > memory footprint smaller. The memory can then be used for other domains. > The memory can be reclaimed later so domains can also grow. > > To use the driver: > * In a domain, "cat <memory target> > /proc/xen/balloon" > * In domain zero use "xm balloon <dom> <memory target>is it also avalaible to dom0, i mean does dom0 can also reduce/grow his memory ? ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> is it also avalaible to dom0, i mean does dom0 can also reduce/grow his > memory ?Yes. Cheers, Mark ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> Mark Williamson wrote: > > * In a domain, "cat <memory target> > /proc/xen/balloon" > > Did you mean `echo`? ;-)Oops, yes I did. Guess I need to plug the coffee line back in! Cheers, Mark ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
Mark Williamson wrote:> * In a domain, "cat <memory target> > /proc/xen/balloon"Did you mean `echo`? ;-) -jkt -- cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel