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xen-devel
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen PCI passthrough & OpenWRT domU
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:04:17PM +0100, Jean Baptiste Favre wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to make Openwrt running as domU with network cards PCI
> passthrough.
>
> First part is OK, OpenWRT runs fine as x86 PV domU, but not PCI passthrough.
>
> Dom0 runs debian Xen packages.
> # cat /proc/cmdline
> placeholder root=/dev/mapper/system-root ro console=tty0 console=hvc0
> console=ttyS0,115200n8 xen-pciback.permissive xen-pciback.hide=(04:00.0)
> pci=resource_alignment=04:00.0 quiet
>
> # lspci
> ...
> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E
> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
>
> # uname -a
> Linux remus 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 10 17:41:50 UTC 2010
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> OpenWRT uses upstream kernel 2.6.32.27 (but I also tested 2.6.35.9
> without any changes).
>
Upstream Linux 2.6.32.27 doesn't have xen-pcifront driver.
Upstream 2.6.35.9 doesn't have it either.
xen-pcifront driver was merged to upcoming upstream 2.6.37 kernel.
> domU informations:
> # cat /proc/cmdline
> root=/dev/xvda2 rw swiotlb=force console=hvc0 xencons=tty
>
> # lspci
> [empty]
>
You should see the PCI device with lspci.
I guess you don't have xen-pcifront driver in use.
> # dmesg | grep -i pci
> Allocating PCI resources starting at 10000000 (gap: 10000000:f0000000)
> PCI: Fatal: No config space access function found
> PCI: System does not support PCI
> PCI: System does not support PCI
> PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 128
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/pci/0
>
> # dmesg | grep -i xen
> Xen: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable)
> Xen: 00000000000a0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
> Xen: 0000000000100000 - 0000000010000000 (usable)
> #0 [00014c6000 - 00014d4000] XEN PAGETABLES ==> [00014c6000 -
> 00014d4000]
> #3 [0001483000 - 00014c6000] XEN START INFO ==> [0001483000 -
> 00014c6000]
> Booting paravirtualized kernel on Xen
> Xen version: 4.0.1 (preserve-AD)
> Xen: using vcpu_info placement
> Kernel command line: root=/dev/xvda2 rw swiotlb=force console=hvc0
> xencons=tty
> Xen: using vcpuop timer interface
> installing Xen timer for CPU 0
> xen_balloon: Initialising balloon driver.
> Switching to clocksource xen
> Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver.
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/pci/0
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/console/0
>
> So, it seems that domU sees PCI device (and sky2 module is loaded), but
> do not recognize it.
> I have tried to compile PCI frontend driver, which is not by default,
> but not sure I succeeded. How can I check it ?
>
> Another question, are there any requirement in terms of kernel version
> regarding the version of Xen I use ? If yes, how can I check that too ?
>
xen-pcifront driver is required in the domU kernel.
> Sorry for long email, but I also ask it on OpenWRT devel list without
> answer for now.
See: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough
-- Pasi
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