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Re: PVH feature omission
- To: Elliott Mitchell <ehem+xen@xxxxxxx>
- From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 09:39:45 +0200
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On 13.05.2023 02:52, Elliott Mitchell wrote:
> From tools/libs/light/libxl_x86.c: libxl__arch_passthrough_mode_setdefault()
>
> "passthrough not yet supported for x86 PVH guests\n"
>
> So PVH is recommended for most situations, but it is /still/ impossible
> to pass hardware devices to PVH domains? Seems odd this has never been
> addressed with how long PVH has been around.
So if this is of importance to you, why don't you contribute patches? I'm
sure you're aware there are only so many people working on Xen, and that
any gap is very likely a result of a shortage of engineering resources?
Including (assuming there were patches) limited reviewing bandwidth?
Jan
> The other tools omission I noticed is it appears `xl` has no support for
> pvSCSI? Might be infrequently used, but seems similarly valuable for
> domains focused on handling storage.
>
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