Xen Virtualization & Intel VT-d: Direct Hardware Access to Graphics Card by Windows Virtual Machines

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This video shows Xen 3.5 (changeset 20143), VT-d, pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.31.4, VGA passthrough, and Windows XP HVM guest operating system in action.

Host Operating System Domain 0: Fedora 11 Linux x86-64 64-bit
Domain U: Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32-bit HVM Virtual Machine
Xen Hypervisor Version: 3.5-unstable changeset 20143
Paravirt-Operations Dom0 Kernel: 2.6.31.4 (Jeremy Fitzhardinge's git tree)
Intel GFX Passthrough Patches Applied: Version 1 (Provided by Han Weidong Intel)

Motherboard: Intel DQ45CB
BIOS Version: 0093
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16
Memory: 8GB DDR2-800

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[gmarchenko]

@yenik unfortunately only cpu is not enough. Your motherboard/chipset must has support of vt-d too.

[yenik]

@gmarchenko it has it: intel i5 2400 processor socker 1155

[gmarchenko]

@yenik first of all: check that system you have full control and ready to kill HAS VT-d/IOMMU support.

[yenik]

@gmarchenko I think there is... the OpenSUSE HOST won't be touched, only updated anb mantained .

The one i will be playing with is W7 and the one I will be working with and doing some research is another virtualized opensuse

so... if something goes wrong while at it i can easily restore them up with a snapshot and dont have to go through major restoring =) (that's what i meant this for)

[yenik]

@gmarchenko OH... I see... mind to explain me exactly how to do it? =)

[gmarchenko]

@yenik I'm start to work with linux for 10 years ago. And I have to say you:

There is no major stability with linux without your hard work every day. Cause it not so stable if you use it only `as is` e.g. download-install-play.

[gmarchenko]

@yenik There is no file at now. You create this file by yourself with special PROGRAMM and your VIDEOCARD which contains of it's future content.

[yenik]

@gmarchenko because I want to get the major stability from a UNIX System =) hosting and then get my w7 to max performance

[yenik]

@gmarchenko first of all i dont know which file is it :P if you can tell me plz =)

[gmarchenko]

@yenik what about to number a, you may use your windows without any problem and run your suse in virtual machine like vmware or virtualbox.

Why you need to do something as on the video? O_o