Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4 VGA Passthrough - Keyboard/Mouse?

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 03:32:30PM -0600, Nick Couchman wrote:
> > 
> > Can you please paste an example here.. I can then update the wiki page.
> 
> My boot entry looks like this:
> 
> title Xen -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.12-0.2 Hide
>     root (hd0,1)
>     kernel /boot/xen.gz com1=115200,8n1 console=com1
>     module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.12-0.2-xen 
> root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160815AS_9RXC1XN0-part2 showopts 
> pciback.permissive 
> pciback.hide=(00:02.0)(00:02.1)(00:1d.0)(00:1d.1)(00:1d.2)(00:1d.7)(00:1a.0)(00:1a.1)(00:1a.7)(00:1b.0)
>  pci=resource_alignment=00:1a.7;00:1d.7 console=ttyS0
>     module /boot/initrd-2.6.31.12-0.2-xen
> 

Thanks, I updated the wiki:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough

> > 
> >> Thanks, Pasi!
> >> 
> > 
> > No problems.. nice to hear it works.
> > What VGA adapter are you using btw? 
> 
> The machine is a Dell Optiplex 755, and I'm using the on-board video adapter, 
> an Intel Q35 Express.  lspci shows it as:
> 
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated 
> Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated 
> Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> 

Ok. Intel IGDs work easily.. I guess mainly because Intel developed the VGA 
passthru code :)

Nvidia/ATI adapters are more troublesome.. and might require some custom 
patches for FLR.

-- Pasi


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