Re: [Qemu-devel] [v4][PATCH 2/5] xen, gfx passthrough: create intel isa bridge

[Tian, Kevin]

> From: Paolo Bonzini
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 4:40 AM
> 
> Il 03/06/2014 13:29, Stefano Stabellini ha scritto:
> >> It's really not your fault, there's not much you can do given the hardware
> >> architecture.  But I don't think this code can be accepted upstream, sorry.
> >
> > Yeah, the code is not nice and it is not Tiejun's fault.
> >
> > Is there any way at all he could change the patch series to make it more
> > appealing to you? Or maybe we could having more clearly separated from
> > the rest of the codebase?
> 
> I don't know, perhaps a new "-M pc-xen-igd-passthrough" machine type
> based on what you're using now (pc-1.6?) but with all the required hacks?
> 

Note the tricks here are not Xen specific, because it's a driver assumption.
If KVM wants to support igd passthrough, same tricks are required too.

Thanks
Kevin