R: [Qemu-devel] PCI bridging

[Palleni, F. - Franco -]

> This has been discussed a coupe of times before[1].
> Short answer is that it requires either guest OS support (and corresponding 
> support in the guest OS drivers), or that the device does not use DMA.

> Paul

Tank you for the answer
Regards 
Franco

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Paul Brook [mailto:address@hidden 
Inviato: venerdì 7 luglio 2006 18.05
A: address@hidden
Cc: Palleni, F. - Franco -
Oggetto: Re: [Qemu-devel] PCI bridging


On Friday 07 July 2006 17:31, Palleni, F. - Franco - wrote:
> Hi to All,
>
>       i'm writing to propose a feature, I would like to insert in qemu 
> machine some hardware installed in host PC like a frame grabber, or 
> other special hardware. How do you thimk about this features? it sould 
> be implemented like kemu accelerator or somting like that.

This has been discussed a coupe of times before[1].
Short answer is that it requires either guest OS support (and corresponding 
support in the guest OS drivers), or that the device does not use DMA.

Paul

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2006-01/msg00082.html