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Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 19/11/2015 16:32, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > In addition to Kevin's replies, I have a high-level question: can VFIO
> > > be used by QEMU for both KVM and Xen?
> > 
> > No. VFIO cannot be used with Xen today. When running on Xen, the IOMMU
> > is owned by Xen.
> 
> I don't think QEMU command line compatibility between KVM and Xen should
> be a design goal for GVT-g.

Right, I agree.

In fact I don't want my comment to be taken as "VFIO should not be used
at all". I only meant to reply to the question. I think it is unlikely
to be the best path for Xen, but it could very well be the right answer
for KVM.


> Nevertheless, it shouldn't be a problem to use a "virtual" VFIO (which
> doesn't need the IOMMU, because it uses the MMU in the physical GPU)
> even under Xen.

That could be true, but I would expect some extra work to be needed to
make use of VFIO on Xen. Also it might cause some duplication of
functionalities with the current Xen passthrough code base.
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Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-18 19:20 +0100
  RE: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com> - 2015-11-19 05:10 +0100
    Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> - 2015-11-19 08:30 +0100
      Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> - 2015-11-19 16:40 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-19 17:00 +0100
          Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 04:00 +0100
            Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-20 05:30 +0100
              Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 07:00 +0100
                RE: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 07:10 +0100
                Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-20 17:50 +0100
                Re: [Qemu-devel] [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT  - a Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> - 2015-11-23 06:00 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2015-11-19 17:00 +0100
          Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> - 2015-11-19 17:20 +0100
    Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2015-11-19 09:50 +0100
      Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2015-11-19 12:10 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 03:50 +0100
      RE: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 07:20 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2015-11-20 09:30 +0100
          RE: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 09:40 +0100
            Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Zhiyuan Lv <zhiyuan.lv@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 10:00 +0100
    Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-19 21:10 +0100
      RE: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 08:20 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-20 18:10 +0100
      RE: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com> - 2015-11-20 09:20 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> - 2015-11-20 18:30 +0100
          Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> - 2015-11-23 06:10 +0100
      Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2015-11-24 12:20 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> - 2015-11-24 13:00 +0100
        Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2015-11-24 13:40 +0100
          Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2015-11-24 14:40 +0100
            Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a  Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2015-11-24 15:20 +0100
              Re: [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2015-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated  Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2015-11-24 15:20 +0100

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