Niu Yan
2009-Dec-09 11:32 UTC
[Xen-devel] how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain under Xen
I want to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain. I found that there is a patch( http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg01030.html). 1. is it included in Xen-3.4.0? If no, where can I find it? 2. can it work with Winders guest domain? Thanks in advance! -- Best regards, Niu Yan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
George Dunlap
2009-Dec-09 12:09 UTC
[Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain under Xen
To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in Windows. You can find them here: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv The patches I submitted last December work in conjunction with the balloon driver. They have been included since Xen 3.4. -George On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Niu Yan <vivian.niu@gmail.com> wrote:> I want to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain. I found that there > is > a > patch(http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg01030.html). > 1. is it included in Xen-3.4.0? If no, where can I find it? > 2. can it work with Winders guest domain? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Best regards, > Niu Yan > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
James Harper
2009-Dec-09 22:26 UTC
RE: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domainunder Xen
> > To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in > Windows. You can find them here: > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPvThe code to support ballooning isn''t really working yet. It''s on my list of things to do but hasn''t been high priority at this point. James _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Niu Yan
2009-Dec-10 02:28 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domainunder Xen
Is there a schedule to release it by now ? Looking forward to it! On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:26 AM, James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:> > > > To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in > > Windows. You can find them here: > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv > > The code to support ballooning isn''t really working yet. It''s on my list > of things to do but hasn''t been high priority at this point. > > James >-- Best regards, Niu Yan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Paul Durrant
2009-Dec-10 10:08 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain under Xen
George Dunlap wrote:> To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in > Windows. You can find them here: > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv >You could also try the Citrix PV drivers which are part of the XenCloud platform. These will work on open source but there''s a couple of hacks you''ll need to do (one in the registry, one in xenstore). Let me know if you want to give them a try. Paul _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
George Dunlap
2009-Dec-10 10:52 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domainunder Xen
James Harper wrote:>> To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in >> Windows. You can find them here: >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv >> > > The code to support ballooning isn''t really working yet. It''s on my list > of things to do but hasn''t been high priority at this point. >In that case, you might look at the binary Citrix drivers provided along with the Xen Cloud Edition. I believe the installer can be found on the main iso available on the xen.org website. However, I''ve never installed them, and there may be some extra steps required to get them working. -George _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-Dec-10 12:24 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domainunder Xen
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:52:28AM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:> James Harper wrote: > >>To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in > >>Windows. You can find them here: > >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv > >> > > > >The code to support ballooning isn''t really working yet. It''s on my list > >of things to do but hasn''t been high priority at this point. > > > In that case, you might look at the binary Citrix drivers provided along > with the Xen Cloud Edition. I believe the installer can be found on the > main iso available on the xen.org website. However, I''ve never > installed them, and there may be some extra steps required to get them > working. >Here''s the patch to Xen that enables Citrix/XCP Windows PV drivers to work on "normal" Xen: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648 If you don''t want to patch your Xen, check out these emails: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00147.html http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00201.html (For the manual Xenstore change, and the Windows registry change). -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Niu Yan
2009-Dec-10 13:29 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domainunder Xen
I just want to balloon the memory of Windows guest, it seems that neither GPLpv driver nor Citrix/XCP Windows PV drivers includs it. who ever has tried it? On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:52:28AM +0000, George Dunlap wrote: > > James Harper wrote: > > >>To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in > > >>Windows. You can find them here: > > >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv > > >> > > > > > >The code to support ballooning isn''t really working yet. It''s on my list > > >of things to do but hasn''t been high priority at this point. > > > > > In that case, you might look at the binary Citrix drivers provided along > > with the Xen Cloud Edition. I believe the installer can be found on the > > main iso available on the xen.org website. However, I''ve never > > installed them, and there may be some extra steps required to get them > > working. > > > > Here''s the patch to Xen that enables Citrix/XCP Windows PV drivers to > work on "normal" Xen: > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html > http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648 > > If you don''t want to patch your Xen, check out these emails: > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00147.html > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00201.html > > (For the manual Xenstore change, and the Windows registry change). > > -- Pasi > >-- Best regards, Niu Yan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Paul Durrant
2009-Dec-10 13:43 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domainunder Xen
Niu Yan wrote:> I just want to balloon the memory of Windows guest, it seems that > neither GPLpv driver nor Citrix/XCP Windows PV drivers includs it. >How do you conclude that? I told you that the Citrix PV drivers *do* include ballooning support. Paul _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel