[Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen VGA graphics passthru wiki page

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:27:54AM +0100, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
> Hmm from what i read before, the 890 series should all have a iommu.
> But reading the wiki and 
> http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=137489&p=178270 leaves me 
> in doubt now :(
> Seems it's only the server variants of the chipset.
>

Ok, so I remove the 890 from the wiki pages.

-- Pasi
 
> --
> Sander
> 
> 
> Friday, March 19, 2010, 11:15:07 AM, you wrote:
> 
> > Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 06:59:59PM +0300, Sergey Tovpeko wrote:
> >>   
> >>> In fact, we got an engineer sample sometime ago with RD890 chipset
> >>>
> >>> lspci output:
> >>>
> >>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 Northbridge only dual  
> >>> slot (2x16) PCI-e GFX Hydra part (rev 02)
> >>>
> >>> And i tested VGA passthrough on RD890, not on SR5690/SR5670.  And it has  
> >>> IOMMU inside.
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>
> >> Now I'm confused.. so SR5690/SR5670 wasn't tested after all? 
> >>   
> > Hello, Pasi!
> 
> > As wikipedia says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_800_chipset_series) :
> > The codenames of the chipsets "RD890S", "RD870S" and "SB700S" has also 
> > changed to "SR5690", "SR5670" and "SP5100 
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_700_chipset_series#SP5100>".^
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_800_chipset_series#cite_note-2>
> > Seems, that RD890 and SR5690 are the same chipset with different codenames.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>>> Hello Pasi,
> >>>>
> >>>> It should have an iommu, but the mobo's are just on the market, haven't 
> >>>> tested it myself.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Sander
> >>>>
> >>>> Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:02:31 PM, you wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:47:22AM +0100, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>> Hello Sergey,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ah if i look at the spec sheets it's not a RD-890 chipset, but a 
> >>>>>> opteron server chipset.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>           
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>> So is RD-890 still ok, aka it has IOMMU support? Has anyone tested it 
> >>>>> with Xen? Should I remove RD-890 from the wiki pages?
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>         
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>>> http://www.tyan.com/datasheets/d_S8212.pdf
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Chipset:
> >>>>>> AMD SR5690 + SP5100 (S8212WGM3NR/S8212GM3NR)
> >>>>>> AMD SR5670 + SP5100 (S8212GM3NRLE/S8212GM3NR-LE))
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Nevertheless good to hear vga passthrough works for you.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>           
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>> Ok so I should add this one.. which one of the various models above 
> >>>>> is your mb?     
> >>>>>         
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>> -- Pasi
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>         
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sander
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:33:21 AM, you wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>           
> >>>>>>> Hello, Sander,
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>             
> >>>>>>>> Sergey, what specific brand/type mobo do you use ?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>             
> >>>>>>>>               
> >>>>>>> The motherboard is TYAN s8212.
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>             
> >>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>> Best regards,
> >>>>>>  Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>           
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 

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