{\small
\begin{verbatim}
-title Xen 2.0 / XenLinux 2.6.9
- kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=128M
- module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-xen0 root=/dev/sda4 ro console=tty0
+title Xen 2.0 / XenLinux 2.6.11
+ kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=131072
+ module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-xen0 root=/dev/sda4 ro console=tty0
\end{verbatim}
}
The kernel line tells GRUB where to find Xen itself and what boot
parameters should be passed to it (in this case, setting domain 0's
-memory allocation and the settings for the serial port). For more
+memory allocation in kilobytes and the settings for the serial port). For more
details on the various Xen boot parameters see Section~\ref{s:xboot}.
The module line of the configuration describes the location of the
\subsection{Serial Console (optional)}
-%% kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=128M com1=115200,8n1
+%% kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=131072 com1=115200,8n1
%% module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-xen0 root=/dev/sda4 ro
\begin{quote}
{\small
\begin{verbatim}
- kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=128M com1=115200,8n1
+ kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=131072 com1=115200,8n1
\end{verbatim}}
\end{quote}
default unit, if no suffix is specified, is bytes.
\item [dom0\_mem=xxx ]
- Set the amount of memory to be allocated to domain0. This parameter
+ Set the amount of memory to be allocated to domain0. In Xen 3.x the parameter
may be specified with a B, K, M or G suffix, representing bytes,
- kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes respectively. The
- default unit, if no suffix is specified, is kilobytes.
+ kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes respectively; if no suffix is specified,
+ the parameter defaults to kilobytes. In previous versions of Xen, suffixes
+ were not supported and the value is always interpreted as kilobytes.
\item [tbuf\_size=xxx ]
Set the size of the per-cpu trace buffers, in pages