Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthru to HVM

[Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx>]

On Do, MÃr 20, 2008 at 10:35:28 -0500, Jonathan Kressin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am pretty new to Xen, but am managing to get things working.  Currently, I
> have a Xen0 gentoo xen kernel running 2.6.21-xen.  I am using the
> precompiled xen 3.1.0 (as the version from gentoo refused to boot at all).
> I am using a 64 bit, Intel Core 2 Quad system.  I have a running Windows XP
> HVM that is working correctly.
> 
> My goal is to use this DomU to run the GBPVR media server software.  I would
> really like to get my Hauppauge PVR150 working from this DomU.  I have
> passthru support enabled in the kernel, and have passed the pciback.hide=
> (02:09.0) command to the Dom0 at bootup.  It looks like that part of things
> are working, but I still cannot see the PCI card in Windows.  Is this even
> possible with my configuration?   If so, what do I need to do to make this
> happen.  I do notice that I still see the card when I do the lspci command,
> so it must not be too hidden from the system.
> 
> I would really appreciate any advice I can get on this.


To do this, you must use:

1) Xen 3.2 or more
2) Hardware with VT-d support (don't confuse with VT-x)

You can read more about this on the page [1].


[1] http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

> 
> Thanks!
> Jonathan

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