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Re: [Xen-users] XEN 3.2 HVM with VT-D on MSI motherboard NEO3-FR with P4

To: anton <anton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] XEN 3.2 HVM with VT-D on MSI motherboard NEO3-FR with P45 chipset.
From: "Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:37:26 -0400
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Some answers inline.

> If I "disable" the device on the kernel line with pciback.hide=(04:01.0),
> this seems to work according to logging. However the device is still visible
> with lspci in Dom0. Is this normal ?

yes, that is normal

> I am still not 100% convinced that my motherboard is VT-D compatible (BIOS
> ?) However if I read other posts , the output of
> '/sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities' and '/proc/cpuinfo' should ensure
> that the system is VT-D capable. Latest BIOS is installed.
> Is there any tool to 'proof' my system is VT-D capable ?

There are BIOS options that you may need to turn on if you haven't already.

the ouput of 'xm dmesg' should have a like IOMMU enabled

> Any suggestions are welcome !

Once you see the IOMMU enabled, you can run:
xm pci-list-assignable-devices to see the devices that you
can pass through.

like others have suggested, make sure you follow
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

You may want to install a newer version of Xen, such as Xen 3.3.1 when
it releases or simply run xen unstable or testing.

Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Todd

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Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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