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Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server] vm start: set minimum timeout
 of 300s if using PCI passthrough
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Am 08.09.23 um 13:40 schrieb Friedrich Weber:
> On 21/08/2023 10:33, Fiona Ebner wrote:
>> Would it make sense to instead add a constant multiplier to the memory
>> timeout heuristic in presence of PCI passthrough? The user says 65 GiB
>> takes about 3 min 30 s, so assuming it's more or less linear, the 5 min
>> from this patch would not be enough for more than ~130 GiB of memory.
> 
> You're right, a heuristic makes more sense here than a constant
> multiplier. I'll give it a try in the next version.
> 

I think a constant multiplier in combination with the current logic is
fine, just not a fixed constant overall ;)