Virtualising PCI
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NICTA, Sydney, Australia
UNSW, Australia
Abstract
UNSW has been working for some time both on user-level drivers and a framework for using Linux as a hypervisor. These separate projects have been reported on in previous Gelato conferences.
Given that we have a way to run a complete Linux image in userspace on top of Linux, it would seem desirable to allow access to a subset of the PCI bus from a guest operating system. This would allow:
- A virtual machine to be given exclusive access to devices on the PCI bus.
- Easier device driver development
Myrto Zehnder, a Master's student from ETH Zurich, has been working with Gelato@UNSW for the past six months on allowing controlled access to the device-driver framework in the guest. This talk will present the mechanisms we have developed, and the pitfalls we have encountered in implementing the system.
BibTeX Entry
@inproceedings{Zehnder_Chubb_06,
author = {Myrto Zehnder and Peter Chubb},
title = {Virtualising {PCI}},
month = oct,
year = {2006},
booktitle = {Gelato ICE},
address = {Singapore}
}
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