On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 12:56 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 12.06.13 at 13:23, Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 11:07 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> And then - this might cover Linux, but what about other OSes, > >> namely Windows? > > > > True, I'm not sure if/how this can be done. > > > > The only reference I could find was at > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-id/windows7/using-system-configuration > > which says under "Advanced boot options": > > PCI Lock. Prevents Windows from reallocating I/O and IRQ > > resources on the PCI bus. The I/O and memory resources set by > > the BIOS are preserved. > > > > Which seems to suggest the default is to reallocate, but I don't know. > > Without having known of this option, I would take it as "may", not > "will" reallocate. That does seem likely, yes. Ian.