[Bug 592039] [NEW] Please enable vmware-balloon driver in kernel config

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Public bug reported:

VMware would like to have our balloon driver enabled by default in
distribution kernels to improve customer experience and reduce number of
third-party modules being loaded into the kernel.

Please change the kernel configuration for Ubuntu 10.10 so that vmware-
balloon driver is compiled as a  module (CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON=m). The
driver has to be compiled as a module to allow our installer detect that
the driver is being supplied by the distribution and prevent installer
from overwriting it.

Also please ocnsider applying the following patch to the driver which fixes issue with the driver may start consuming excessive
amount of memory during torture tests. The patch is in 2.6.32-rc2 and should make its way to stable as well.

Thanks.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Please enable vmware-balloon driver in kernel config
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