Re: [iGVT-g] XenGT GPU virtualization

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 10:36:13PM +0800, Zhiyuan Lv wrote:
> Hi Konrad,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:07:18AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 02:25:27AM +0000, Wang, Hongbo wrote:
> > > Intel XenGT has another maillist " igvt-g@lists.01.org" to discuss Intel GPU
> > > virtualization questions, including XenGT and KVMGT. Feel free to subscribe.
> > > 
> > > Right now, we have two version GVT-g, "old architecture" vs "new
> > > architecture for upstream"
> > > Old architecture:
> > >   - The codes are maintained off-tree, support both XenGT and KVMGT.
> > >   - Our latest code is 2016Q3 version in Oct'16, 2016Q4 version is coming
> > >    soon due to some open bugs.
> > >   - 2016Q3 release blog:
> > >    https://01.org/igvt-g/blogs/wangbo85/2016/intel-gvt-g-iso-public-release-q32016 
> > >   - Repo  Kernel: https://github.com/01org/igvtg-kernel 
> > >          Xen: https://github.com/01org/igvtg-xen 
> > >          QEMU: https://github.com/01org/igvtg-qemu 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > New architecture for upstream:
> > >   - KVMGT version with new VFIO interface have been upstreamed into
> > >    kernel 4.10. You can see the code from kernel 4.10, or from our own 
> > >    GVT-g repo which hosts latest code and bug fixing.
> > >   - Repo Kernel:   https://github.com/01org/gvt-linux.git 
> > >         QEMU:  git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git 
> > >   - XenGT code upstream is ongoing, not upstreamed. So you can't see
> > >    those code yet. We already have a workable XenGT version for upstream,
> > >    may share the code after interface polishing.
> > 
> > Could you expand on that please? I thought the ioreq multiple
> > servers were the big dependency but it sounds like there is more work?
> > 
> > What is involved here?
> 
> You mean the dom0 kernel changes for XenGT right? Basically we need to add a

I meant in general. So that if I use upstream Linux and upstream Xen
this works out of the box.

> hypervisor adapter for Xen to work with GVT-g device model. ioreq server code
> will be part of that adapter. What Hongbo said is that internally we have such
> code for XenGT working, but still need to address some opens for pushing upstream.

'opens for pushing upstream' ?

> 
> Besides this, XenGT has some Xen hypervisor changes as well mainly related to
> IOREQ server.  That part will be pushed upstream first before dom0 kernel
> upstream effort. Thanks!

OK! Any idea when that will happen?

Thanks!

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