Adding the device while installing:
During installation, add the
pci
line to the configuration file:
pci=['06:01.0']
Hot adding PCI devices to VM Guest systems
The command
xm
may be used to add or remove PCI devices on the fly. To Add
the device with number
06:01.0
to a guest with name
sles11
use:
xm pci-attach sles11 06:01.0
Adding the PCI device to xend
To add the device to the xend database, add the following section to the xend
database:
(device
(pci
(dev
(slot 0x01)
(domain 0x0)
(bus 0x06)
(vslt 0x0)
(func 0x0)
)
)
)
For more information about modifying the xend database, see
Section 4.3, “Con-
figuring a Virtual Machine by Modifying its xend Settings”
(page 33).
After assigning the PCI device to the VM Guest, the guest system must care for the
configuration and device drivers for this device.
2.5.3 For More Information
PCI Pass-Through is a new technology. However there are several resources that provide
interesting information about this in the net:
• http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
• http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/virtualization-software-development/top-
ic/56802/page/1/
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