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Subject: Re: [fixed] Re: GELI encrypted root and FreeBSD dom0 ; libxl cannot
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Hi Roger,

On 04/13/2015 10:52, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> You probably need to increase the amount of allowed wired mappings
> in the kernel. You can set it to unlimited with the following:
> 
> # sysctl -w vm.max_wired=-1
> 
> Or if you want to make it permanent:
> 
> # echo 'vm.max_wired=-1' >> /etc/sysctl.conf
> 
> This is because the Xen tools make extensive use of wired memory
> in order to interact with the hypervisor.

I have this in /etc/sysctl.conf. The output of `sysctl vm.max_wired`
also reports:
vm.max_wired: -1


Hannes
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