From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Muli Ben-Yehuda Subject: Re: Virtualized hardware and PCI Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:49:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20070218094944.GD2363@rhun.haifa.ibm.com> References: <45D8209B.8040004@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Ronald Lew To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45D8209B.8040004-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 11:47:07AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Ronald Lew wrote: > > Can Guest OS access abnormal PCI cards such as a fax card or a card designed > > for analog phones (like Digium cards)? Can the guest OS gain full access to > > the PCI card without going through the virtualization? > > At present this is not supported. On current hardware it could be made > to work, but only with cards which don't do dma. How would you handle device interrupts? take them in the host and then inject to the guest through the qemu device emulation? Cheers, Muli ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV