Authors : Allen Kay <allen.m.kay@intel.com>
Weidong Han <weidong.han@intel.com>
Created : October-24-2007
-Updated : May-07-2008
+Updated : August-06-2008
How to turn on VT-d in Xen
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title Xen-Fedora Core (2.6.18-xen)
root (hd0,0)
- kernel /boot/xen.gz com1=115200,8n1 console=com1
+ kernel /boot/xen.gz com1=115200,8n1 console=com1 iommu=1
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen root=LABEL=/ ro xencons=ttyS console=tty0 console=ttyS0, pciback.hide=(01:00.0)(03:00.0)
module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen.img
"ifconfig" to see if IP address has been assigned to NIC devices.
+Enable MSI/MSI-x for assigned devices
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+Add "msi=1" option in kernel line of host grub.
+
+
Caveat on Conventional PCI Device Passthrough
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