On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:42:56AM -0500, Peter van der Maas wrote:
> I really have not played with too much after the proof of concept. I do
> recall something eventually breaking the config, perhaps a Xen update. I've
> since put the hardware to better use, although I am still intrigued by Xen.
> At the time, I was working with a team that was giving serious consideration
> to virtualizing their platform, and what better way to learn than dig in and
> get my hands dirty.
>
> I tried to include as much detail at the time, with the plethora of different
> Xen builds, BIOS's updates, etc.
>
> If someone has something specific I can try to help, but doubtful I will be
> of any use. For example, I did not realize Xen 4.x was even released.
> Recent projects I've been working on do not lend themselves well to
> virtualization; however, I might have to give Xen 4.0 shot - just to play, of
> course. There were some serious changes happening with Xen, the Linux
> kernel, and KVM when I stopped playing.
>
Ok.
I mainly meant if you remember what custom patches did you have to use/create?
Most probably you had to do some vBar=pBar hacking, right?
I guess I'll have to try this myself one day and document the process
with current Xen versions..
-- Pasi
> Sorry I could not be of more help.
>
> Peter van der Maas
> peter&pjv-c.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen [mailto:pasik@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 2:04 PM
> To: Peter van der Maas
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; anish.mailing.list@xxxxxxxxx;
> xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Nvidia 9500GT Xen VGA passthru
>
>
> Hello Peter,
>
> Some people have been asking for tips about Nvidia Xen VGA passthru,
> so maybe you could help?
>
> Could you post the exact steps you did?
>
> Have you tried with Xen 4.0.x after your initial experiments in 2009?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Pasi
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 02:16:32PM -0500, Peter J. van der Maas wrote:
> > I am happy to announce that I have successfully (and finally!) been able
> > to pass a PCIe graphics card via VT-d to a Windows XP HVM DomU.
> >
> >
> >
> > About time!
> >
> >
> >
> > Config:
> >
> > -Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad-Core, G0 stepping (I think)
> >
> > -Intel DQ35JO Motherboard, Q35 Chipset, BIOS v.991 (1/9/09), VT and VT-d
> > enabled
> >
> > -nVidia 9500GT (for VT-d passthrough - DomU)
> >
> > -nVidia GeForce2 MX200 (Dom0 console)
> >
> > -Xen (build: xen-unstable, recent as of ~ 1/25/09 1:00AM-EST)
> >
> > -Dom0: Linux-2.6.18.8-xen (via xen-unstable.hg)
> >
> > -DomU: Windows XP (pro, sp3, 32-bit)
> >
> >
> >
> > Once the VT-d bugs were recently corrected (thank you, xen-devel!),
> > everything went fairly smoothly. Still very buggy yet (its
> > xen-unstable!), but overall it works.
> >
> >
> >
> > Make sure support for the PCI-backend is compiled into the kernel (not
> > just a module) and that you have your pciback.hide options in grub
> > (late-binding may work, but I haven't tried).
> >
> >
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -Peter van der Maas
>
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