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Re: PVH feature omission


  • To: Elliott Mitchell <ehem+xen@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 10:28:22 +0200
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On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 05:52:25PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote:
> From tools/libs/light/libxl_x86.c: libxl__arch_passthrough_mode_setdefault()
> 
> "passthrough not yet supported for x86 PVH guests\n"
> 
> So PVH is recommended for most situations, but it is /still/ impossible
> to pass hardware devices to PVH domains?  Seems odd this has never been
> addressed with how long PVH has been around.

I have worked extensively on PVH but didn't get time to work on that
specific feature, and more pressing stuff has keep appearing.

AMD posted an RFC series not long ago:

https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20230312075455.450187-1-ray.huang@xxxxxxx/

That got quite a bit of feedback, we are currently waiting for an
updated version.

Roger.



 


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