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RE: [Xen-users] Is hardware PCI passthrough working in 3.0 yet?

To: "Kevin Fox" <Kevin.Fox@xxxxxxx>, "David Muench" <davemuench@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Is hardware PCI passthrough working in 3.0 yet?
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:44:07 -0000
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> I've seen at least a few people (myself included) using it 
> for firewalls and such, dedicating an ethernet card per domU. 
> I'm not sure I'd entirely agree with the statement 'Its not 
> widely used'.

Trust me, it's not widely used: The configuration documentation for it
in 2.0 is so cryptic that anyone who ever uses it posts to xen-devel to
ask for help. We know you all personally :-)

Ian
 
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 14:19 -0500, David Muench wrote:
> > On 12/6/05, Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > I noticed on news sites that 3.0 is nearly there - has PCI 
> > > > passthrough been re-instated?
> > >
> > > Not for 3.0.0 -- its not widely used so hasn't been a priority. 
> > > Expect it to go back in later along the 3.0.x series.
> > 
> > Really? Personally I think that is the best, most amazing 
> feature of 
> > Xen. It's too bad more people aren't using it.
> > 
> > I'll be happily waiting at 2.0.7 until it comes back.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
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