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Re: [Xen-users] Providing a Domain with a Device

To: Mathew Brown <mathewbrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Providing a Domain with a Device
From: John Smith <netman1@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:19:34 +0200
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Mathew Brown wrote:
> Hi,
>   I'd read on the Xen FAQ (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenFaq)
>   that Xen can provide certain devices (PCI devices for example), to
>   domains.  Does this mean that I can provide my nVidia Graphics card to
>   a domU or would I only be able to use it in dom0?  Does it matter if
>   I'm using HVM or a para-virtualized domain?  Thanks for your help.

Hi Mathew,

        I tried this last week and was a bit dissapointed when it turned
out to be a case of "either/or". I made my graphics card available in a
domU with as a result that I lost my dom0 console.

        I guess you can work around this by redirecting your dom0 console
to serial or network, but it isn't the ideal solution, which would be to
make the device shared by both. Maybe something for the future.

Sincerely,

Jan.

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