Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] KVMGT - the implementation of Intel GVT-g(full GPU virtualization) for KVM

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CC Andy :)

On 12/05/2014 09:03 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

On 05/12/2014 09:50, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
A few comments on the kernel stuff (brief look so far, also
compile-tested only, intel gfx on my test machine is too old).

  * Noticed the kernel bits don't even compile when configured as
    module.  Everything (vgt, i915, kvm) must be compiled into the
    kernel.

I'll add that the patch is basically impossible to review with all the
XenGT bits still in.  For example, the x86 emulator seems to be
unnecessary for KVMGT, but I am not 100% sure.


This is not ready for merge yet, please wait for a while, we'll have
Xen/KVM specific code separated.

BTW, definitely you are right, the emulator is unnecessary for KVMGT,
and ... unnecessary for XenGT :)

I would like a clear understanding of why/how Andrew Barnes was able to
do i915 passthrough (GVT-d) without hacking the ISA bridge, and why this
does not apply to GVT-g.

AFAIK, the graphics drivers need to figure out the offset of
some MMIO registers, by the IDs of this ISA bridge. It simply won't work
without this information.

Talked with Andy about the pass-through but I don't have his implementation,
CC Andy for his advice :)


Paolo


Thanks for review. Would you please also have a look at the issues I mentioned
in the original email? they are most KVM-related: the SRCU trickiness, domid,
and the memslot created in kernel.

Thank you!

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Thanks,
Jike
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