[PATCH] virsh: Clarify that memtune parameters may be rounded in the man page

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



---
 tools/virsh.pod |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index b4a3d5c..6ecf6ce 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -1366,7 +1366,10 @@ appropriate limit is adjusted if supported by the hypervisor.  LXC and
 QEMU/KVM support I<--hard-limit>, I<--soft-limit>, and I<--swap-hard-limit>.
 I<--min-guarantee> is supported only by ESX hypervisor.  Each of these
 limits are scaled integers (see B<NOTES> above), with a default of
-kibibytes (blocks of 1024 bytes) if no suffix is present.
+kibibytes (blocks of 1024 bytes) if no suffix is present. Libvirt rounds
+up to the nearest kibibyte.  Some hypervisors require a larger granularity
+than KiB, and requests that are not an even multiple will be rounded up.
+For example, vSphere/ESX rounds the parameter up to mebibytes (1024 kibibytes).
 
 If I<--live> is specified, affect a running guest.
 If I<--config> is specified, affect the next boot of a persistent guest.
-- 
1.7.8.6

--
libvir-list mailing list
libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list


[Index of Archives]     [Virt Tools]     [Libvirt Users]     [Lib OS Info]     [Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Big List of Linux Books]     [Yosemite News]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]