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Re: [Xen-devel] VT-d HowTo Update

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 02:58:23PM +0530, Tej wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:13:33AM +1000, Simon Horman wrote:
> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 07:11:00AM -0700, Leonard Michelet wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi, Simon
> >> > I've read it, and it's much more complete than before. Thanks a lot.
> >> > Beside, you don't write about the library PCI devel that you need when 
> >> > you
> >> > compile Xen to enable PCI passtrought, and so, the use of VT-d. Debian
> >> > package is libpci_dev.
> >> > Is this library still necessary to use VT-d? If yes, shouldn't you write
> >> > about it in this wiki page?
> >> > >From my experience, I lost some times before finding that I had to 
> >> > >compil
> >> > with this lib.
> >>
> >> Yes, I lost some time due to that too, and it is neccessary.
> >>
> >> I tried to avoid discussing compilation issues as its a bit of a can of
> >> worms because they are usually very dependant on the system in use.
> >> But this probably is worth a mention.
> >
> > I have updated the HowTo with some information on this.
> >
> > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
> >
> 
> Some typo i guess.
> 
> >From VTdHowTo:
> "VT-d Device Hot-Unplug
> 
> VT-d hot-unplug refers to detaching a pass-through device from a
> running HVM domain. The device may have been attached using boot-time
> VT-d device pass-through or VT-d device hot-plug.
> 
> xm's pci-attach command is used to perform hot-unplug."
>               ^^^^^
> should be detach right?

Thanks, I have now fixed that.

-- 
Simon Horman
  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Satellite Lab in Sydney, Australia
  H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/            W: www.valinux.co.jp/en


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