From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM userspace: Add PCI device passthrough support Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:28:31 +0200 Message-ID: <4732AC8F.1010806@qumranet.com> References: <11944647133010-git-send-email-amit.shah@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, qemu-devel-qX2TKyscuCcdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org To: Amit Shah Return-path: In-Reply-To: <11944647133010-git-send-email-amit.shah-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 Amit Shah wrote: > This patch introduces support for device passthrough > from the host to a paravirtualized guest. > > A new command-line option, -passthrough is added. > For example, to invoke it for an Ethernet device sitting at > PCI bus:dev.fn 04:08.0 with host IRQ 18, use this: > > -passthrough Ethernet/04:08.0-18 > > Could be named '-pci' or '-pcidevice' like '-usb' or '-usbdevice'. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/