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Re: [Xen-devel] Question: direct I/O for system volume

To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jun Kamada <kama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Question: direct I/O for system volume
From: Jun Kamada <kama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008年8月28日 18:31:23 +0900
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Hi Samuel-san,
On 2008年8月28日 09:59:08 +0100
Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jun Kamada, le Wed 27 Aug 2008 20:07:23 +0900, a 馗rit :
> > Does the functionality provide direct I/O for "system volume" in guest
> > domain?
>
> What do you call "system volume"?
Sorry, it means "boot disk". 
Guest software can directly see HBA(Host Bus Adapter) as a hardware 
by using the device passthrough functionality. However, current guest
BIOS doesn't have a capability to load and invoke expansion ROM stored 
in the HBA, I guess. As a result, the guest OS cannot boot up from a 
disk under the HBA.
#If my understanding was wrong, please point out.
I understand that this limitation does not come from the device
passthrough functionality, but probably from guest BIOS or the other
component.
Best regards,
-----
Jun Kamada
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