On 09/25/2017 12:07 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:27:00 +0200 > Halil Pasic <pa...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > >> One thing I would find very helpful is what do we expect to work and not >> work for which version. Kind of a matrix. For instance should vfio pci >> work for versions prior 2.11. I think in the not so distant past we >> changed how SIC works (so it complains when we don't have ais). > > A matrix sounds like a good idea.
I think we do not even need a matrix, a minimum level will suffice because... > > I don't think we really ever had a setup that worked out of the box exactly: ...it never worked until 2.10 and we do not have libvirt support yet. Now with the fix 2.10 will also not work, so I think its fair to say PCI passthrough via VFIO will be supported for - KVM: host kernel >= 4.13 - TCG: TBD - QEMU >= 2.11 - libvirt TBD > for a Linux guest prior to 2.10 anyway. For added fun, it also depends > on the host kernel. And tcg won't work at all due to the pci > instruction not yet being wired up. > >> Btw nimm/dimm is simm/nimm. And I would really like to hear something yes, I mixed that up. Too many letters :-) >> form the original author(s) too.
