[XenPPC] [patch] try to allocate shadow memory

[Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jimi, this patch (to xenppc-unstable) should get the tools trying to
allocate shadow memory. As dicussed, we're currently planning to
overload x86's "shadow" code to control our hash tables.

diff -r d2087a16bc51 tools/python/xen/xend/image.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py    Thu Aug 24 13:42:05 2006 -0400
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py    Fri Aug 25 10:57:56 2006 -0500
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ class PPC_LinuxImageHandler(LinuxImageHa
                               ramdisk        = self.ramdisk,
                               features       = self.vm.getFeatures(),
                               arch_args      = devtree.to_bin())
+
+    def getRequiredShadowMemory(self, mem_kb):
+        """@return The minimum shadow memory required, in KiB, for a domain
+        with mem_kb KiB of RAM.
+        PowerPC currently uses "shadow memory" to refer to the hash table."""
+        return mem_kb / 64

 class HVMImageHandler(ImageHandler):


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Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center


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