Re: [Xen-users] XCP: Support for driver domains

[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Jason Sonnek <jsonnek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Does Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) support the notion of a driver domain? I can
> assign a VIF to a domain, but it seems that I can only attach that VIF to a
> network. What I'd like to do is attach the front-end VIF in one domain to a
> backend running in another domain. The second domain will control the
> physical interface (via PCI passthrough). This use case is easily supported
> using Xen + xm/xend, but I see know way to change the backend associated
> with a VIF in XCP using xe.
>

Looks like it is possible, just not well documented. Take a look at:
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=from%3A%22Dave+Scott%22+driver+domains#query:from%3A%22Dave%20Scott%22%20driver%20domains+page:1+mid:muxxm2ux6kfdpsth+state:results

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Todd

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