Re: [Xen-users] Client device and virtualization

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 05:53:21PM +0100, Salvatore De Paolis wrote:
> Hi all,
> i'm new to virtualization, i'm interested to know if and how would be possible
> to use client devices on the virtual server OS.
> Basically i a netbook with sd card reader, i'd like to know if the server is
> able to see it an mount as it would be a local device. Any link to
> documentation about the topic is welcome,
> 

Basicly you have two options:

1. Xen PCI passthrough
2. Xen USB passthrough (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenUSBPassthrough)

If the guest is HVM (=Windows), then you need to have Intel VT-d (IOMMU) support
in the motherboard chipset for the PCI passthrough to work.

If the guest is Linux PV (paravirtualized), then you don't need VT-d or 
anything special
for the PCI passthrough.

-- Pasi


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