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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: memory calculation mismatch between e820 and
	guest RAM size
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:35:20 +0100
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I don't understand what the problem is that you think needs fixing. All the
memory allocated in xc_hvm_build.c:setup_guest() is marked as E820_RAM in
the e820 map (except for EBDA and BIOSROM regions).

 -- Keir

On 6/8/07 16:28, "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@intel.com> wrote:

> In E820, tom of memory is guest memory size we give in the config file,
> but guest RAM we allocate is a little bigger than what E820 sets,
> because we don't allocate memory for VGA hole from 0xA0000 to 0xBFFFF.
> 2 ways to fix it:
> 1) align to current E820 setting, so need to change memory allocation
> code in tools.
> 2) align to guest memory allocation, so need to change e820 setting.
> Which one do you prefer?
> -Xin
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