Re: [Xen-devel] [Intel-gfx] [Announcement] 2014-Q3 release of XenGT - a Mediated Graphics Passthrough Solution from Intel

[Jike Song <jike.song@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

We're pleased to announce a public release to Intel Graphics Virtualization 
Technology (Intel GVT-g, formerly known as XenGT). Intel GVT-g is a complete 
vGPU solution with mediated pass-through, supported today on 4th generation 
Intel Core(TM) processors with Intel Graphics processors. A virtual GPU 
instance is maintained for each VM, with part of performance critical resources 
directly assigned. The capability of running native graphics driver inside a 
VM, without hypervisor intervention in performance critical paths, achieves a 
good balance among performance, feature, and sharing capability. Though we only 
support Xen on Intel Processor Graphics so far, the core logic can be easily 
ported to other hypervisors.


The news of this update:


        - kernel update from 3.11.6 to 3.14.1

        - We plan to integrate Intel GVT-g as a feature in i915 driver. That 
effort is still under review, not included in this update yet

        - Next update will be around early Jan, 2015


This update consists of:

        - Windows HVM support with driver version 15.33.3910

        - Stability fixes, e.g. stabilize GPU, the GPU hang occurrence rate 
becomes rare now

        - Hardware Media Acceleration for Decoding/Encoding/Transcoding, VC1, 
H264 etc. format supporting

        - Display enhancements, e.g. DP type is supported for virtual PORT

        - Display port capability virtualization: with this feature, dom0 
manager could freely assign virtual DDI ports to VM, not necessary to check 
whether the corresponding physical DDI ports are available



Please refer to the new setup guide, which provides step-to-step details about 
building/configuring/running Intel GVT-g:


        
https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-kernel/blob/master/XenGT_Setup_Guide.pdf



The new source codes are available at the updated github repos:


        Linux: https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-kernel.git

        Xen: https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-xen.git

        Qemu: https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-qemu.git


More information about Intel GVT-g background, architecture, etc can be found 
at:


        
https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc14/technical-sessions/presentation/tian

        
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/XenGT-Xen%20Summit-v7_0.pdf

        https://01.org/xen/blogs/srclarkx/2013/graphics-virtualization-xengt


The previous update can be found here:


        http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2014-07/msg03248.html


Appreciate your comments!


--
Thanks,
Jike

On 07/25/2014 04:31 PM, Jike Song wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We're pleased to announce an update to Intel Graphics Virtualization Technology 
> (Intel GVT-g, formerly known as XenGT). Intel GVT-g is a complete vGPU solution 
> with mediated pass-through, supported today on 4th generation Intel Core(TM) 
> processors with Intel Graphics processors. A virtual GPU instance is maintained 
> for each VM, with part of performance critical resources directly assigned. The 
> capability of running native graphics driver inside a VM, without hypervisor 
> intervention in performance critical paths, achieves a good balance among 
> performance, feature, and sharing capability. Though we only support Xen on 
> Intel Processor Graphics so far, the core logic can be easily ported to other 
> hypervisors.
>
> The news of this update:
>
>         - Project code name is "XenGT", now official name is Intel Graphics 
> Virtualization Technology (Intel GVT-g)
>         - Currently Intel GVT-g supports Intel Processor Graphics built into 
> 4th generation Intel Core processors - Haswell platform
>         - Moving forward, XenGT will change to quarterly release cadence. Next 
> update will be around early October, 2014.
>
> This update consists of:
>
>         - Stability fixes, e.g. stable DP support
>         - Display enhancements, e.g. virtual monitor support. Users can define 
> a virtual monitor type with customized EDID for virtual machines, not 
> necessarily the same as physical monitors.
>         - Improved support for GPU recovery
>         - Experimental Windows HVM support. To download the experimental 
> version, see setup guide for details
>         - Experimental Hardware Media Acceleration for decoding.
>
>
> Please refer to the new setup guide, which provides step-to-step details about 
> building/configuring/running Intel GVT-g:
>
>         
> https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-kernel/blob/master/XenGT_Setup_Guide.pdf
>
>
> The new source codes are available at the updated github repos:
>
>         Linux: https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-kernel.git
>         Xen: https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-xen.git
>         Qemu: https://github.com/01org/XenGT-Preview-qemu.git
>
>
> More information about Intel GVT-g background, architecture, etc can be found 
> at:
>
>         
> https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc14/technical-sessions/presentation/tian
>         
> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/XenGT-Xen%20Summit-v7_0.pdf
>         https://01.org/xen/blogs/srclarkx/2013/graphics-virtualization-xengt
>
> The previous update can be found here:
>
>         http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2014-02/msg01848.html
>
> Appreciate your comments!
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Jike
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