[pve-devel] [PATCH docs 1/2] pci passthrough: mention incompatibility with ballooning

[Fiona Ebner]

Am 13.11.23 um 18:09 schrieb Friedrich Weber:
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> +xref:qm_ballooning[Automatic memory allocation (ballooning)] is not possible
> +when using PCI(e) passthrough. As the PCI device may use DMA (Direct Memory
> +Access), QEMU needs to map the complete guest memory on VM startup. Hence, the
> +QEMU process will use at least the (maximum) configured amount of VM memory and
> +setting a minimum amount does not have any effect. When using PCI(e)
> +passthrough, it is recommended to set memory and minimum memory to the same
> +amount and keep the balloning device enabled. However, keep in mind that the

typo: s/balloning/ballooning/

Is there any advantage to keeping the ballooning device enabled?

> +memory consumption reported in the GUI for the VM may be much lower than the
> +memory consumption of the QEMU process.

Maybe mention what the reported value is?