From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kallol Biswas" Subject: NIC: Queue assignment to guest OS Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:17:17 -0700 Message-ID: <003801cbfb0a$de67a410$9b36ec30$@com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2098220243==" Return-path: Content-Language: en-us List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============2098220243== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0039_01CBFAD0.3208CC10" Content-Language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01CBFAD0.3208CC10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I have a requirement to assign the transmit and receive queues of a NIC card to different guest operating systems so that the guests can directly submit transmit requests to controller and receive packets from NIC controller without going through a middle layer. The NIC controller is not SRIOV capable and there are a few MSI-X vectors available. What would be the best way to implement the requirement in Xen? I am new to Xen but have experience in a similar virtualization framework. Any input or pointer to document will be appreciated. Kallol ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01CBFAD0.3208CC10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi,

I have a requirement to assign the = transmit and receive queues of a NIC card to different guest operating = systems so that the guests can directly submit transmit requests to = controller and receive packets from NIC controller without going through = a middle layer. The NIC controller is not SRIOV capable and there = are a few MSI-X vectors available.

What would = be the best way to implement the requirement in Xen? I am new to Xen but = have experience in a similar virtualization framework.

Any input or = pointer to document will be appreciated.

Kallol =

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