Simon Horman
2009-Mar-20 10:57 UTC
[Xen-devel] Re: [rfc 0/4] ioemu: specify the slot for pass-through devices
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:48:34PM +1100, Simon Horman wrote:> Currently a slot may be specified for a hot-plug device, > but not for a pass-through device that is inserted at boot time. > This patch adds support for the latter. > > The syntax is: > BUS:DEV.FUNC[@VSLOT] > e.g: 0000:00:1d:0@7 > > This may be important as recent changes that allow any free PCI > slot to be used for pass-through (and hotplug) may case pass-through > devices to be assigned in different locations to before. Amongst > other things, specifying the slot will allow users to move them > back, if there is a need.These changes need the patches that I posted today as the series "[patch 0/2] ioemu: Allow any unused PCI device to be used for pass-through"> There is also a xend portion of this patch, which will be posted separately. > > -- > Simon Horman > VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office > H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en-- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel