Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0

Ron Arts
2005-09-26T07:45:40Z

Yes, but in 2.0 you also have to hide that PCI device from domain0,
and give the parameter ''physdev_dom0_hide=(xx:xx.x)'' to the
xen command
line when it boots.

Xen 3.0 does not know the parameter physdev_dom0_hide any more,
because PCI enumeration was moved from xen to dom0.

Ron

Himanshu Raj wrote:
> I am not sure about this. I think you can allocate pci devices to other
> domains using pci = ... in domain config file, no? Of course it has to
> be a privileged domain.
>
> -Himanshu
> Ron Arts wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Ted Kaczmarek wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 11:32 +0200, Ron Arts wrote:
>>>
>>>> I personally bumped into the 3.0 limitation that you
can''t
>>>> allocate PCI devices to other domains, so I had to go back
>>>> to 2.0.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a list somewhere that gives detailed differences
>>>> between 2.0 and 3.0?
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is their a bug open on this?
>>>
>>
>> Uhm, I didn''t create one, because there is a mail from
>> Ian Pratt where he basically said: um, yeah we are aware
>> of that, but nobody has had the time to fix it yet.
>> Apparently an API needs to be create to let domains
>> communicate with dom0 to request PCI devices, and
>> dom0 needs to have some way to prevent his own drivers
>> from loading.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ted
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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