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Re: [Xen-devel] run real drivers in differnt domains

To: Phani Babu Giddi <phanig@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] run real drivers in differnt domains
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:43:48 +0000
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On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 20:39 -0800, Phani Babu Giddi wrote:
> Hello All,
>  
> I want to run 'real device drivers' I mean native drivers (ofcourse
> recompiled for xen) as part of the two guests (Linux OS). These
> drivers will be accessing seperate devices and will not be shared by
> guests. Do you think this configuration is possible ? I am referring
> to a system with just PV and no HVM.

Sounds like you need the PV PCI pass-through functionality
(pcifront/pciback). This will allow you to assign a PCI device to a domU
instead of dom0.

http://www.wlug.org.nz/XenPciPassthrough looks like a reasonable doc,
you should also search the list archives.

Ian.


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