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Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chips

To: Velten Spägele <xen@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?
From: "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:50:01 +0800
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2009/11/5 Velten Spägele <xen@xxxxxxxxx>
for anybody who cares :)


The cheaper DP55WB also supports VT-D since Release 0142

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18170/eng/WB_0144_ReleaseNotes.pdf





Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:
Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.


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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:Robert@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

   Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added
   bios support then it should work fine.

   
   After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the
   ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.

   
   
   Rob

   
   *From:* Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
   [mailto:space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx
   <mailto:space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>]
   *Sent:* 02 November 2009 14:43
   *To:* Velten Spägele
   *Cc:* Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list;
   space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>
   *Subject:* Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
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   2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
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   Dear Velten,

   Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by
   motherboards.org <http://motherboards.org>. This link shows the BIOS

   screenshot of DP55KG.

   http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

   As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT
   for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or
   disable the feature.

   I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can
   enable or disable VT-d.

   To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55
   chipset definitely supports VT-d.

   I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.



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   2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
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       P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket
       supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
               You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset
       boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports
       Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35,
       Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

       Intel releases P55 after X58.



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       2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:xen@xxxxxxxxx>>


           very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot



           So i was looking for more informations, and find out that
           there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo
           Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

           http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
           http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

           So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an
           OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

           So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG
           Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



           Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>>

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>>

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>>

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>>



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              Hi Velten,

              VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the
           dp55kg so I
              would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and
           knows it works.

              Server equivalent like one of these would be a better
           choice (They
              specifically support VT-d):
                        http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

              Rob

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           <mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>] On Behalf
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              Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
              To: Xen Users
              Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
           iCore and
              P55chipset ?

              would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the
           dp55kg looks
              interessting



              Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
               > Velten Spägele wrote:
               >> Hi,
               >>
               >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows
           DomU, is this
               >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the
           better choise,
              Intel
               >> or AMD ?
               >
               > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of
           passing
              through
               > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an
           Intel-term) is your
              only
               > choice for now.
               > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor
           gives official
               > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
               > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
               >
               > Best regards,
               >    Christian
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