ESX (allocation scheduler): reservation, limit, shares
-B<Note>: The cpu_shares parameter has a valid value range of 0-262144.
+B<Note>: The cpu_shares parameter has a valid value range of 0-262144; Negative
+values are wrapped to positive, and larger values are capped at the maximum.
+Therefore, -1 is a useful shorthand for 262144.
B<Note>: The weight and cap parameters are defined only for the
XEN_CREDIT scheduler and are now I<DEPRECATED>.