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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:42:53 -0400 From: Chetan Loke <chetanloke@...il.com> To: dtor@...are.com, pv-drivers@...are.com Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, chetanloke@...il.com Subject: RE: [PATCH] VMware balloon: force compiling as a module > From: linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel- > owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Dmitry Torokhov > Sent: June 28, 2010 7:01 PM > VMware Tools installer requires the upstream driver to be compiled > as a module in order to detect its presence and avoid installing > our own version on top of it. To avoid surprises with 2 versions > of the driver being installed and fighting with each other, let's > force the driver to be compiled as a module unless user selects > CONFIG_EMBEDDED. > > config VMWARE_BALLOON > tristate "VMware Balloon Driver" > - depends on X86 > + depends on X86 && (EMBEDDED || m) None of the following questions are related to this patch. Q1)Does vmtools handle pvscsi correctly? Q2)In case if a VM wants to be a good citizen, is there a way for a guest to know about the balloon-event? Q3)What if an app mlock's its memory resources and driver's have pinned down their pages then how does inflation work? regards Chetan Loke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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