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[Xen-users] RE: hardware driver question

To: "'Hoeld, Hermann'" <HERMANN.HOELD@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] RE: hardware driver question
From: "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:57:11 -0700
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>If you have no driver for a hardware-device for the OS running in dom0,
>but you have a driver for this hardware-device for the OS running in domU,
>is it possible to use this hardware-device in domU?
> 
>Thank you!
>Hermann

I think what you want is PCI Passthrough. It doesn't matter if the Dom0 
actually has a driver for it not, as you need to block it from Dom0 and "pass 
it through" to DomU.

Simple doc in wiki for this, http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo.

Good luck,
jlc

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