Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH XenDocDay 19/19] xl.pod.1: add a note about autoballoon and dom0_mem

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 14:16 +0000, stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  docs/man/xl.pod.1 |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 b/docs/man/xl.pod.1
> index e8a5d21..eb85ca0 100644
> --- a/docs/man/xl.pod.1
> +++ b/docs/man/xl.pod.1
> @@ -32,19 +32,35 @@ each of those subcommands.
>  
>  =head1 NOTES
>  
> +=over 4
> +
> +=item start the script B</etc/init.d/xencommons> at boot time
> +
>  Most B<xl> operations rely upon B<xenstored> and B<xenconsoled>: make
>  sure you start the script B</etc/init.d/xencommons> at boot time to
>  initialize all the daemons needed by B<xl>.
>  
> +=item setup a B<xenbr0> bridge in dom0
> +
>  In the most common network configuration, you need to setup a bridge in dom0
>  named B<xenbr0> in order to have a working network in the guest domains.
>  Please refer to the documentation of your Linux distribution to know how to
>  setup the bridge.

You could also reference
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/HostConfiguration/Networking here.

> +=item B<autoballoon>
> +
> +If you specify the amount of memory dom0 has, passing B<dom0_mem> to
> +Xen, it is highly reccomended to disable B<autoballoon>. Edit

                     recommended

> +B</etc/xen/xl.conf> and set it to 0.
> +
> +=item run xl as B<root>
> +
>  Most B<xl> commands require root privileges to run due to the
>  communications channels used to talk to the hypervisor.  Running as
>  non root will return an error.

probably ;-)

>  
> +=back
> +
>  =head1 GLOBAL OPTIONS
>  
>  Some global options are always available:



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