From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Stefan de Konink <stefan@konink.de>
Subject: Re: Questions about certain Xen limits and features
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:51:52 +0100
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Keir Fraser wrote:
>> (2a)  What's the largest host memory that anybody has tested?
>> (2b)  What's the expected host memory limit (if somebody was able to
>> configure a system that large)?
> 
> I think 256GB has been tested. Theoretically we're good up to 1TB, and we
> could expand beyond even that without too much trouble.

I have seen *very* weird bugs related to kernel error reporting when I 
made the switch from 16GB to 32GB of memory. I can do this 'semi' 
dynamically using a Dell 1950.

To be able to actually boot system with 32GB I have to append; i8042.noaux


Might be good reference for other people.



Stefan