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RE: [Xen-devel] Advice on HIGHMEM

To: "Nicholas Lee" <nic-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Advice on HIGHMEM
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 21:56:28 -0000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Advice on HIGHMEM
 > Given that dom0 is itself doesn't managed the memory directly that
you
> only need to compile HIGHMEM4G into the dom0 or domU kernels if you
> intend to use more than 1G in one domX instances.
> 
> ie. Even if you have more than 1Gb of total physical memory, 
> if none of
> the domX use more than 1Gb of memory, there is no need to compile in
> HIGHMEM4G.
> 
> Or, does dom0 need to be compiled with this in order for the Xen
> hypervisor to manage this memory level effectively.

Dom0 does not need HIGHMEM4G for Xen to beable to manage memory up to
4GB.

Ian


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