Re: [Xen-devel] RE: GPL Win PV driver issues

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The PV netfront driver should scan the PCI bus for another NIC with the
> same MAC and claim those resources?

Well, presumably, it can get more useful information from Xen with appropriate 
tools support: e.g. query out what PCI devices have PV counterparts so it 
knows what it *can* grab.  Then the admin in the domU can be responsible for 
the decision of which PV devices to enable?

Cheers,
Mark

> What if you want more PV devices than QEMU is willing to emulate?
>
> What if you want to run emulated device drivers and PV drivers at the
> same time?
>
> I don't quite understand how this can be an "easy" solution for the
> general case (of an arbitrary guest OS).
>
> Steve
>
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