RE: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P

Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added bios support then it should work fine.

After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.

Rob

From: Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) [mailto:space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 November 2009 14:43
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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?

Hi Velten,

I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG will support VT-d.

Please refer to the following link:

http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url="">

Please refer to Page 2.

PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)

BIOS Version 3712

New Fixes/Features:

Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.

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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>

Dear Velten,

Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by motherboards.org. This link shows the BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.

http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or disable the feature.

I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can enable or disable VT-d.

To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.

I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.

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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>

P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.

You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@xxxxxxxxx>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:Robert@xxxxxxxxx>>

Hi Velten,

VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
specifically support VT-d):
http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

Rob

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would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
interessting

Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
> Velten Spägele wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
>> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
Intel
>> or AMD ?
>
> Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
through
> devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
only
> choice for now.
> Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
> VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
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