On 08/30/2011 10:29 AM, Chris Friesen wrote: > > I'm in a bit of an odd situation. We run an embedded version of linux > on many different boards with different vendor agreements so it's > painful to upgrade kernel versions. > > I've been asked to provide VT-d support for KVM on our kernel (primarily > for mapping NIC VFs into the guests), and I'm trying to figure out my > best option to get a working implementation.
I've had pains with VF passthrough with as late as a Fedora 14 kernel (2.6.35). Ended up punting and moving to 2.6.39. > > Looking at the kvm git tree, kvm-77 seems to be based off 2.6.27. Should > I look at porting that? By 2.6.27 do you mean WRL3 or something else? David > > Would I be better off just scanning for anything VT-d related in 2.6.28 > and backporting it? > > Are there any better options? Any advice you could provide would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Chris > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
