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VirtIO Memory Balloon driver.
Chapter
January 22, 2012
VIRTIO_BALLOON(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual VIRTIO_BALLOON(4)
@FreeBSD.org>. It first
appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
NAME
virtio_balloon — VirtIO Memory Balloon driverSYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configura‐ tion file: device virtio_balloon Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): virtio_balloon_load="YES"DESCRIPTION
The virtio_balloon device driver provides support for VirtIO memory balloon devices. The memory balloon allows the guest to, at the request of the hypervisor, return memory allocated to the hypervisor so it can be made available to other guests. The hypervisor can later signal the balloon to return the memory.SEE ALSO
virtio(4)HISTORY
The virtio_balloon driver was written by Bryan Venteicher <@FreeBSD.org>. It first
appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.| This manual | Reference | Other manuals |
|---|---|---|
| virtio_balloon(4freebsd) | referred by | virtio(4freebsd) |
| refer to | virtio(4freebsd) |