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Re: [Xen-devel] RE: SR-IOV for pv_ops dom0

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 01:36:55PM +0800, Han, Weidong wrote:
> Simon Horman wrote:
> > Hi Weidong,
> > 
> > I'm wondering what tree you are using for SR-IOV dom0 development.
> > 
> > Also, I am guessing its not linux-xen-2.6.18.8, but are you aware
> > of the status of SR-IOV in that tree? In particular, the igb driver
> > seems to not have SR-IOV support. I am considering back-porting it,
> > but I'd like to avoid duplicating the efforts of others.
> > 
> > Thanks
> 
> Hi Simon,
> 
> Yes, I'm working on jeremy's pv-ops dom0. We are re-enabling VT-d on pv-ops 
> dom0 first, my last patch sent out yesterday is to support hotplug device for 
> assignment. That is also needed by SR-IOV. igb driver in pv-ops dom0 supports 
> SR-IOV. The last thing missed for SR-IOV is MSI/MSI-x supported in pv-ops 
> dom0. Now we are working on it. Thanks.
> 

Hello,

Is pv_ops dom0 (xen/master) currently ready for SR-IOV, or are
additional patches still needed? 

Can upstream/vanilla 2.6.31 be used as PV guest and run the VF driver?
Or does it need additional patches?

Thanks!

-- Pasi


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