Passthrough/SR-IOV knowledge and usage!

Background

• Intel VT-d - Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d): Enhancing Intel platforms for efficient virtualization of I/O devices

Tech Article&Web

• PCI Passthrough -cn - introduece device emulation and hardware(PCI) I/O virtualization, which based on Intel® (VT-d) or AMD’s IOMMU

• PCI Passthrough -en - introduece device emulation and hardware(PCI) I/O virtualization, which based on Intel® (VT-d) or AMD’s IOMMU

• SR-IOV Hardware - Oracle about Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

• SR-IOV Feature - about Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

• Redhat SR-IOV Primer - Redhat docs
• Understanding the Basics - Redhat docs

• Walking Through the Implementation - Redhat docs

• PCI Assignment for KVM - assign PCI devices from your KVM host machine to guest virtual machines
• Using PCI passthrough with KVM (1) - how to use PCI passthrough with KVM
• Using PCI passthrough with KVM (2) - implementing PCI Device Passthrough (IOMMU) with Intel VT-d, KVM, QEMU, and libvirtd on Fedora 21

• Using VFIO PCI passthrough for KVM - create a gaming virtual machine using VFIO PCI passthrough for KVM

• vfio vs virtio - comparing between VFIO passthrough and virtio approaches, and tell us how to check if your NIC supports SR-IOV

Tech Manual

• PCI Spec - The PCI-sig’s specifications library

Aphorism

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