From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Chigurupati, Chaks" Subject: Is PCI pass-through possible with host+kvm on latest linux but guest on an older linux? Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:15:44 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT To: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" Return-path: Received: from db3ehsobe005.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.143]:23380 "EHLO DB3EHSOBE005.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752253Ab1BWHQ5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:16:57 -0500 Received: from mail84-db3 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail84-db3-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E461BAF84F4 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:16:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from DB3EHSMHS003.bigfish.com (unknown [10.3.81.253]) by mail84-db3.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF43182005F for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Content-Language: en-US Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi folks, If my hardware is VT-d capable and the host is latest linux+kvm with all the needed VT-d support but the guest is an older linux (say 2.6.27), will I be able to use PCI pass-through to hot-plug a PCI device from one guest to another guest? Any comments/thoughts are appreciated. Thx Chaks ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================