Hi, Avi. On Monday, 04 January 2010 11:30:23 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: >> I'm using Linux 2.6.32.2 with qemu-kvm-0.12.1.1 and, testing memory >> ballooning, I obtained the following message: >> >> root@ubuntu:~# telnet localhost 5001 >> Trying 127.0.0.1... >> Connected to localhost. >> Escape character is '^]'. >> QEMU 0.12.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information >> (qemu) >> (qemu) >> (qemu) >> (qemu) info balloon >> The balloon device has not been activated by the guest > You need to add '-balloon virtio' to the qemu command line (the error > message is incorrect). What do you mean whereupon the error message is incorrect? Before I didn't need to use '-balloon virtio', although this was when I used kvm-88. This is a necessary requirement when using recent versions of qemu-kvm? If now it is necessary, it could be useful to indicate it in the online documentation [1]. Thanks for your speedy reply. Regards, Daniel [1] http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Virtio -- Fingerprint: BFB3 08D6 B4D1 31B2 72B9 29CE 6696 BF1B 14E6 1D37 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux Lenny - Linux user #188.598
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