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[Xen-devel] [3.2.1] VT-d and "nested PCI bridge not supported"

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [3.2.1] VT-d and "nested PCI bridge not supported"
From: "Jefferson E. Noxon" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:00:46 -0500
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Hi gang,

Xen emits the following message when I boot up with vtd enabled:

(XEN) [VT-D]intel-iommu.c:1202:d32767 context_context_mapping: nested PCI bridge not supported: bdf = 0:1c:1 sec_bus = 2 sub_bus = 3

I am trying to pass a PCI-e USB controller to an HVM guest. The controller is on bus 3; its PCI-e to PCI bridge is bus 2.

The domU crashes when it tries to access these devices.

Unfortunately there are no native PCI-e USB controllers.

Is this a limitation of Xen, or a limitation of VT-d? If the former, is anyone working on a fix? Perhaps there is something I can do to get this working? I would not mind if I had to assign the entire bridge to a domU.

Thanks!

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