On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 08:08 -0700, Dor Laor wrote: > >I am building a system that is using virtualization for partitioning, > >running 2 Linux images. > > > >The guest needs direct access to IB interfaces. This will be exclusive > >access, not shared with any other domain. This is easily done on Xen, > >I am not sure I understand if (or how) it can be done on KVM. > > You either need PV drivers for IB which AFAIK do not exist for KVM or > use pci pass-through for physical device which is in the roadmap but yet > to come.
I know Ron is aware of this as I have had private conversations with him, but as a general FYI: Our group here will be adding support for vm-bypass based shared access (ala Xen-ib), but we still have ways to go before a release will be ready. -Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
