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Re: [Xen-users] SR-IOV



what is virtual slot things then?

and also lets say, 
I have pci NIC in dom0 and  two different PCIe device and are assigned it directly to two different VMs.


is there any communication problem between them? like PCI to PCIe device?







> From: xieliwei@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:35:03 +0800
> To: arya2595@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] SR-IOV
>
> Hello,
> Replies inline...
>
> On 24 November 2011 03:27, Achala Aryal <arya2595@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Oh got it.
> > So If I want to passthrough this device (which is PCIe not PCI ) then is it
> > a same procedure like in PCI passthrough
> > hiding it from dom0 and assigning it to domU config flie....
>
> Yes
>
> > also one more since this is pcie device, I can passthrough to more than one
> > domU right?
>
> Unfortunately, no. It is still limited to a one-to-one mapping. Only
> SR-IOV allows this by presenting virtual devices. Your best bet would
> be to either:
> 1. Obtain more NICs and individually passthrough each one to the VM, or
> 2. Use emulated NICs and bridge them to your hardware NIC (at the
> cost of software processing overhead)
>
> > Thank you
> >
> >
>
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