RE: [Xen-devel] good progress on pci vga passthrough in xen-3.4-rc1

[Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Nvidia graphic cards don't work as primaries, there are some issue
> with the bios rexecution.
> Nvidia cards should work as a seconday display adapter side by side
> with the cirrus.
> 
> So far ATI doesn't support vt-d.

We've had a HD3450 mobile ATI card working as secondary in a vista VM with std 
drivers -- it just required a secondary bus reset. There was a bug at one point 
where various bridge flags weren't preserved across a reset.

Ian 

 
> Intel graphic card only works as a primary.
> 
> Jean
> 
> 2009/4/15 Tim Moore <timothy.moore@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Kier,
> >
> > I have an nvidia nv4 (8800 GTS) and 9500 GT and they do not work
> under XCI (as primary or secondary cards) and the same problem under
> xen-rc1. I have also tried ATI cards to no avail.
> >
> > Will it be possible to get a list of bios + vendors /drivers that
> have been tested / compatible? I will even offer to maintain the Wiki
> with such information!!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 15 April 2009 10:26
> > To: Tim Moore; Stefano Stabellini
> > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Bryan York'
> > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] good progress on pci vga passthrough in xen-
> 3.4-rc1
> >
> > On 15/04/2009 10:20, "Tim Moore" <timothy.moore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for your reply. This is the first time that I have been
> provided with
> >> some pointers where to look.. like I said in previous emails, I can
> work on
> >> this but I didn't write Xen or any of these workarounds!
> >>
> >> I also posted the [attached] question about XCI - no one answers :(
> >
> > Are there more than three main gfx vendors? ;-)
> >
> > The passthru has been got working on at least one example of each of
> ATI,
> > nVidia and Intel integrated gfx. That doesn't necessarily mean it
> will work
> > for your chip, with your BIOS. Getting it working can on some systems
> be
> > quite a pain in the arse, even if a developer has local access to the
> > system.
> >
> >  -- Keir
> >
> >
> >
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