* Vincent JARDIN (vincent.jardin at 6wind.com) wrote: > > My cpu is "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz" > > It is a Westmere if I am correct. So,use UIO.
My experience is that the CPU isn't as an important part of the platform as the chipset. IOW, VFIO requires full IOMMU isolation, and the IOMMU cost depends on the chipset. Vincent, is that what you were implying by cpu, or do you see something else? thanks, -chris