From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Akio Takebe Subject: Re: [Q] Is qemu used when we use VTd? Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:06:30 +0900 Message-ID: <48C8FBB6.7070305@jp.fujitsu.com> References: <48C8F6F2.20305@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "Tian, Kevin" Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Hi, Thank you. And mmio is traped by hypervisor, then hypervisor do mmio instead of HVM guest, Right? Best Regards, Akio Takebe Tian, Kevin wrote: >> From: Akio Takebe >> Sent: 2008=C4=EA9=D4=C211=C8=D5 18:46 >> >> Hi, >> >> If we assign a device to HVM guest, >> HVM guest can do directry DMA transfer. >> But how about accessing pci configuration register >> of the pass through device? Do we still access >> pci configuration register through qemu? >> >=20 > Yes, even when we say that given on PCI config field > can be directly accessed by HVM guest, it's still trapped > to Qemu for route. >=20 > Thanks, > Kevin >=20