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

for anybody who cares :)


The cheaper DP55WB also supports VT-D since Release 0142

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18170/eng/WB_0144_ReleaseNotes.pdf




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Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:Robert@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


    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)
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    *Sent:* 02 November 2009 14:43
    *To:* Velten Spägele
    *Cc:* Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list;
    space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>
    *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=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ
    
<http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ>

    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)
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    Dear Velten,

    Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by
    motherboards.org <http://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)
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        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 <mailto: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.



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            2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@xxxxxxxxx
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               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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               Spägele
               Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
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               Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
            iCore and
               P55chipset ?

               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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