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Re: [Xen-devel] SR-IOV function passthrough to a PV domU

To: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] SR-IOV function passthrough to a PV domU
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:44:29 +0300
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, Chris Reeves <chrisr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:31:02PM +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > Is it possible to use pci passthrough with SR-IOV virtual functions to a
> > PV domU?
> 
> Yes, though you need to use a dom0 kernel with the attached pciback patch.
> 
> XCP 0.5 has the relevant patch.
> 

I wonder if pvops dom0 kernels have this patch? 

-- Pasi

> 
>  
> > I noticed in this thread:
> > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-03/msg00082.html
> > That someone mentioned a specific SR-IOV pcifront driver.
> > Does anyone know where this driver may be available?
> > 
> > For what it's worth, I've also tried kernel 2.6.34 with the xen patches
> > from http://code.google.com/p/gentoo-xen-kernel/downloads/list and I get
> > the same results.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> > 
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