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Re: [Xen-users] Providing a Domain with a Device

To: Mathew Brown <mathewbrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Providing a Domain with a Device
From: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:40:42 +0200
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On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 07:04:01AM -0700, Mathew Brown wrote:

> Hi,
>   I'd read on the Xen FAQ (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenFaq)
>   that Xen can provide certain devices (PCI devices for example), to
>   domains.  Does this mean that I can provide my nVidia Graphics card to
>   a domU or would I only be able to use it in dom0?  Does it matter if
>   I'm using HVM or a para-virtualized domain?  Thanks for your help.

You need an IOMMU to make it work for HVM, which most machine do not
have (yet).

Cheers,
Muli

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