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Re: [Xen-devel] Nvidia, Xen, and Vt-d

To: Michael J Coss <mjcoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Nvidia, Xen, and Vt-d
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:56:02 +0100
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On 09/09/2009 09:47, "Michael J Coss" <mjcoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've tried 3.4.1, and the lastest xen-unstable.  I've tried the pv-ops
> git tree as I really need a 2.6.31 dom0 kernel for other reasons, but
> for the moment I'd just like to get to the point where I have Xen, and
> dom0 and Nvidia playing nicely with one another, so I can move on to
> working on Vt-d and graphic pass through.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Unless you really must have 2.6.30+, I'd recommend the 2.6.27 tree and
patchqueue from http://xenbits.xensource.com/XCI. Otherwise you are likely
to have to get your hands fairly dirty with pv_ops. For example, afaik
starting an X server on pv_ops is still pretty ambitious on some systems.

 -- Keir



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