Re: iommu

[Goran <netbsd-list%arcor.de@localhost>]

Am Mittwoch, den 24.06.2009, 17:02 +0200 schrieb Christoph Egger:
> On Wednesday 24 June 2009 15:39:02 Goran wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > as I use HVM I would like to passthrough pci-devices to my domU.
> 
> This is currently a Linux Dom0-only feature, but it is on its way for NetBSD.

As I see my machine is not capable I'll have to wait for a new one
anyway :(

> 
> > I took a look at /proc/cpuinfo but found nothing usefull.
> >
> > How can I identify a machine to be Intel/VT-d or AMD/IOMMU capable?
> 
> xm dmesg  tells you if an IOMMU is available.
> 
> > By the way... I haven't found the vmx flag like on Linux-systems. It
> > seems other flags are failing too (not sure). Wich flag indicates a HVM
> > capable machine on NetBSD?
> 
> cpuctl identify 0
> 
> if you see SVM or VMX, then your machine can run HVM guests.
> In case of SVM, check the dmesg output. If you have to turn it on in the BIOS 
> first, you will find a message saying so.
> 
> Christoph

Thanks, Goran