On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 04:55:42PM +0800, Peter.Chiu wrote: > Hello: > > I am an engineer of Insyde Software Corp that doing BIOS work. > > In the past few days, I tried to test SR-IOV function by using your Red > Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 operating systems. > > When I finished installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 operating > systems, and used Xen virtual-machine to install guest OS (windows xp and > vista), I found that the network controller is not the physical device in > guest OS (windows xp and vista). The network controller becomes a virtual > device (Realtek RTL8139). > > Is there any step that I have to enable SR-IOV function in Red Hat > Enterprise Linux 5.4? >
You need to do a PCI passthrough/assign of the NIC virtual function, and not use the default emulated NIC. -- Pasi > > > Here is my hardware device list: > > Cpu: Xeon W5580 > > Network controller: Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter (Intel® > 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller suppert SR-IOV) > > Virtual-machine: Xen > > Guest OS: windows xp and vista > > And BIOS already enable SR-IOV > > > > Best Regards, > Peter Chiu > Insyde Software Corp.(Taichung Office) > Office phone: 886-4-2260-2808 Ext:3227 > Fax: 886-4-2261-2555 > Addr: 32F No. 789 JHONG MING S. RD., SOUTH DIST. > TAICHUNG 40255, TAIWAN. > Email: [1][email protected] > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
