Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757037Ab0F3Sm6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:42:58 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.153]:16938 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753170Ab0F3Sm4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:42:56 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=bkbYZmi1w2L7GIyIo8OZ87qtTnWKizjarZtXHaioYlUAAFAZX2RlMJ6BrZ0XtJ+uYm J9dv5/Qv0rdBtfaMFEcBfxquPJ2lBt5mnFveUuhQ22ySxq1J4uy3xVZp86Dz+5WQQQZl yrNeiybNHfH48/7plpoyS5w/GjhZJsp2wi8w0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:42:53 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: RE: [PATCH] VMware balloon: force compiling as a module From: Chetan Loke To: dtor@vmware.com, pv-drivers@vmware.com Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , akpm@linux-foundation.org, chetanloke@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1224 Lines: 34 > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel- > owner@vger.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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/