From 3d096f69af36b4be5cbb8274e34fa086320ad374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olivier Medoc <o_medoc@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:28:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] dom0/qvm-core: allow the user to select initial-memory !=
 max-memory if meminfo-write service is enabled

---
 dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
index 05985f38..5415339d 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
@@ -2304,8 +2304,9 @@ class QubesHVm(QubesVm):
             kwargs["memory"] = default_hvm_memory
 
         super(QubesHVm, self).__init__(**kwargs)
-        # HVM doesn't support dynamic memory management
-        self.maxmem = self.memory
+        # HVM normally doesn't support dynamic memory management
+        if not ('meminfo-writer' in self.services and self.services['meminfo-writer']):
+            self.maxmem = self.memory
 
 	# Disable qemu GUID if the user installed qubes gui agent
 	if self.guiagent_installed: