Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 4] Add commands to automatically prep devices for pass-through

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/05/12 11:49, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 11:28 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> > The current method for passing through devices requires users to
> > either modify cryptic Linux boot parameters and reboot, or do a lot of
> > manual reads and writes into sysfs nodes.
> >
> > This set of patches introduces commands to make this easier.
> Is this intended for 4.2 or an RFC for 4.3?
Well, I would really like it to go in to 4.2 -- it's been on my to-do 
list for a month at least, and it will make doing pci pass-through, and 
thus driver domains, a lot more straightforward.
 -George


> >    It expands
> > on the concept of "assignable" (from the list_assignable_devices command).
> >
> > The new xl commands are:
> >
> > pci_assignable_add: Make a device assignable to guests.  This involves
> > unbinding the device from its old driver, creating a slot for it in
> > pciback (if necessary), and binding it to pciback.
> >
> > pci_assignable_list: List devices assignable to guests.  Just renamed
> > from pci_list_assignable.
> >
> > pci_assignable_remove: Make the device no longer assignable to guests.
> > This involves unbinding the device from pciback and removing the slot.  It
> > optionally involves rebinding the device to the driver from which we stole
> > it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: George Dunlap<george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
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