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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [patch] increase xen-heap-size based on nodes-shift

To: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [patch] increase xen-heap-size based on nodes-shift
From: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:03:51 +0900
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>, xen-ia64-devel <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:43:57PM +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Jes.


> For the bigger systems we need a slightly bigger heap or the heap
> will overflow. Unfortunately there is no easy way to determine the
> size dynamically this early in the boot process before the nodes have
> been discovered.

Should we introduce xenheap_megabytes boot parameter
like x86, powerpc instead of changing default value?

BTW I'm just curious about who uses up xenheap.
Do you have any ideas on it?
Before it was p2m table, but now it is allocated from domheap
by default.
-- 
yamahata

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