[asterisk-users] Which virtualization tech to get PCI assignment ?
Hello, I'm looking for a virtualization technique with which I could easily assign PCI/PCIe boards to virtual machines. If this matters, I don't need to be able to use several boards nor to run several virtual machines at the same time as I'm just looking for a way to easily mimic several production machines on the same hardware and switch from one project to another. In every project, I'm using the same OS (Debian). In my previous searches, I've read LXC could be matching my needs but I couldn't read anything about PCI assignment. Suggestions ? Regards -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Which virtualization tech to get PCI assignment ?
Hi, I'm looking for a virtualization technique with which I could easily assign PCI/PCIe boards to virtual machines. you might try opensource Xen with paravirtualized Linux-guests, which supports PCI-passthrough quite good. Running several Asterisk-servers at one time might be problematic, because of real time and latency problems, but using just one system should be possible. -- Chau y hasta luego, Thorolf -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Which virtualization tech to get PCI assignment ?
On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Olivier wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a virtualization technique with which I could easily assign PCI/PCIe boards to virtual machines. If this matters, I don't need to be able to use several boards nor to run several virtual machines at the same time as I'm just looking for a way to easily mimic several production machines on the same hardware and switch from one project to another. In every project, I'm using the same OS (Debian). In my previous searches, I've read LXC could be matching my needs but I couldn't read anything about PCI assignment. LXC works by having one kernel and many containers kept separate from each other, so unless otherwise instructed to, each container can access any hardware that the host system can. (well, almost) There is a simple permissions system to stop containers accessing hardware though (or allow). So - while it's not something I've tried myself (don't have additional PCI hardware in my LXC boxes) it ought to work, however the real experts are here: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users Asterisk works just fine under LXC with internal timing, however LXC (at least the one I'm using) doesn't support real-time prioritys (the -p flag) that's not been an issue for me so-far though... Gordon -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
