Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Make ballooning work with maxmem > mem (i386 version)

[Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/11/06 15:54, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is not going to be any help for guests running on existing 3.0.3 tree
> though. Glauber's patch makes the maxmem stuff work correctly for guest
> kernels without requiring an upgrade of the HV which is much nicer for
> compatability allowing both current & future guests to work on both current
> and future HVs. With the increasingly widespread deployment of Xen I think
> this kind of compatability is very important.

I'd rather have a scheme that worked with older guests than one which worked
with older hypervisors. It also happens to be the more tasteful solution
here.

 -- Keir


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