Re: [Xen-users] pci passthrough and svm

[Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 12 September 2008, Mike Power wrote:
> I can not pass through PCI with out VT-d or equivalent
> AMD doesn't have a VT-d equivalent out yet

i thought AMD's IOMMU predated Intel's VT-d.  am i missing something?

or maybe the respective code isn't as mature?

> You must use VT-d to pass through PCI devices to an hvm
> Windows must be run under hvm.
>
> Hence I can not pass PCI devices through to Windows.

ah, the joys of closed software and poorly designed hardware...

-- 
Javier

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