From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Horman Subject: Re: VT-d HowTo Update Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:03:28 +1000 Message-ID: <20090422010328.GA24883@verge.net.au> References: <20090421073134.GA14639@verge.net.au> <23156969.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090421231333.GG12796@verge.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090421231333.GG12796@verge.net.au> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Leonard Michelet Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:13:33AM +1000, Simon Horman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 07:11:00AM -0700, Leonard Michelet wrote: > > > > Hi, Simon > > I've read it, and it's much more complete than before. Thanks a lot. > > Beside, you don't write about the library PCI devel that you need when you > > compile Xen to enable PCI passtrought, and so, the use of VT-d. Debian > > package is libpci_dev. > > Is this library still necessary to use VT-d? If yes, shouldn't you write > > about it in this wiki page? > > >From my experience, I lost some times before finding that I had to compil > > with this lib. > > Yes, I lost some time due to that too, and it is neccessary. > > I tried to avoid discussing compilation issues as its a bit of a can of > worms because they are usually very dependant on the system in use. > But this probably is worth a mention. I have updated the HowTo with some information on this. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo -- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Satellite Lab in Sydney, Australia H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en