Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:29:14 +0100 | From | James Courtier-Dutton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add I/O hypercalls for i386 paravirt |
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Chris Wright wrote: > * James Courtier-Dutton (James@superbug.co.uk) wrote: >> If one could directly expose a device to the guest, this feature could >> be extremely useful for me. >> Is it possible? How would it manage to handle the DMA bus mastering? > > Yes it's possible (Xen supports pci pass through). Without an IOMMU > (like Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU) it's not DMA safe. > > thanks, > -chris
Ok, so I need to get a new CPU like the Intel Core Duo that has VT features? I have an old Pentium 4 at the moment, without any VT features.
Kind Regards
James
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