[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] USB in xenolinux
Hi, > Wooaah! hold up there! > > This isn't going to work right now because Xen 1.2 currently > assumes it contains all the hardware drivers, and there's > currently no mechanism to (safely) export hardware to domains or > plumb interrupts through. > > In your configuration, you've told dom0 to go behind Xen's back > and help itself to the hardware. Since dom0 is fully privileged, > Xen isn't stopping it, but it's going to end in tears... > > In the new IO world (which is still under development) you'll be > able to plumb interrupts through to domains and selectively grant > domains access to individual bits of hardware. > > This is still a few weeks away, though progress is fast. > > I'm afraid USB won't work until such time. OK, I thought I vaguely recalled some discussion of such problems and the brave new IO world as a solution. Just wanted to explore the potential, but I'll wait for the new IO code until I hack any more. Thanks, Sean. -- Sean Atkinson <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Netproject ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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