Re: [Xen-devel] AMD IOMMU status

[Wei Huang <wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>]

Xen's support for AMD IOMMU is up-to-date. You need 800 chipset and a 
working BIOS to use IOMMU. There will be an option in BIOS to turn it 
on/off. IOMMU feature doesn't require special support from CPUs.
Best,
-Wei

Keir Fraser wrote:
> AMD are actively working on it. Most recent committed patch specifically for
> AMD IOMMU support was mid December.
>
>  -- Keir
>
> On 08/01/2010 00:10, "Andrew Oakley" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > There seem to be a lot of commits and discussion about VT-d support,
> > however there seems to be very little activity regarding device
> > passthrough using the AMD IOMMU.  Is it "done", lacking a mantainer,
> > or never going to work?
> >
> > A quick google showed that 8 series chipsets for desktop are likely to
> > be released very soon (looks like it is only the 8 series that have the
> > relevant IOMMU).  I'm not sure if any other hardware is required for
> > passthrough, does anyone know if there is anything special about the
> > CPU?
> >
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