PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU

[Velten Spägele]

Hi,

i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this possible with vt-d and
iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel or AMD ?

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[Christian Tramnitz]

Velten Spägele wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel or
> AMD ?

Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through
devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only
choice for now.
Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

Best regards,
    Christian


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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

Hi Velten,

Your best bet would be Intel Desktop Board DQ45CB. Tried and tested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHUwg_zxYgw

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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Christian Tramnitz <chris.ace@...> wrote:

Velten Spägele wrote:

Hi,

i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel or AMD ?

Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only choice for now.
Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

Best regards,
  Christian

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[Robert Dunkley]

Hi,

Only the very latest AMD boards using the AMD SR56X0 chipsets (Or to be more specific the SP5100 southbridge that goes with them) support PCI Passthrough. Here are a couple of examples:
http://www.tyan.com/product_SKU_spec.aspx?ProductType=MB&pid=647&SKU=600000127
http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron2000/SR56x0/H8DA6+.cfm
http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron8000/SR56x0/H8QI6-F.cfm
http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=651

I suspect you need a fairly recent kernel and Xen version for these boards to work but maybe someone on the list knows the specifics.


Rob

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Velten Spägele wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel or
> AMD ?

Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through
devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only
choice for now.
Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

Best regards,
    Christian


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[Velten Spägele]

would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks interessting



Christian Tramnitz schrieb:

> Velten Spägele wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
>> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel
>> or AMD ?
>
> Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through
> devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only
> choice for now.
> Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
> VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>
> Best regards,
>    Christian
>
>
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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

I've a member in Singapore hardwarezone.com forums who told me he has a P55 chipset board with VT and VT-d options in the BIOS.

But he didn't tell me the brand/model of the board.

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks interessting



Christian Tramnitz schrieb:

Velten Spägele wrote:

Hi,

i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel or AMD ?

Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only choice for now.
Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

Best regards,
  Christian


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[Robert Dunkley]

Hi Velten,

VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They specifically support VT-d):
http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

Rob

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Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?

would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks interessting



Christian Tramnitz schrieb:

> Velten Spägele wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
>> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel
>> or AMD ?
>
> Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through
> devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only
> choice for now.
> Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
> VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>
> Best regards,
>    Christian
>
>
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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299

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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@...>

Hi Velten,

VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They specifically support VT-d):
http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

Rob

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Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?

would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks interessting



Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
> Velten Spägele wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
>> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise, Intel
>> or AMD ?
>
> Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing through
> devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your only
> choice for now.
> Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
> VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>
> Best regards,
>    Christian
>
>
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[Velten Spägele]

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System
without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price
than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with
iCore7 it should be possible.



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> http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 
> <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>
>
> http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 
> <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>
>
> http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 
> <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>
>
> http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 
> <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>
>
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> 2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>
>
>     Hi Velten,
>
>     VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
>     would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.
>
>     Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
>     specifically support VT-d):
>     http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm
>
>     Rob
>
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>     <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>] On Behalf Of Velten
>     Spägele
>     Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
>     To: Xen Users
>     Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
>     P55chipset ?
>
>     would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
>     interessting
>
>
>
>     Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
>      > Velten Spägele wrote:
>      >> Hi,
>      >>
>      >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
>      >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
>     Intel
>      >> or AMD ?
>      >
>      > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
>     through
>      > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
>     only
>      > choice for now.
>      > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
>      > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
>      > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>      >
>      > Best regards,
>      >    Christian
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P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
 
You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



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http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>

   Hi Velten,

   VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
   would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

   Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
   specifically support VT-d):
   http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

   Rob

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   Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
   To: Xen Users
   Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
   P55chipset ?

   would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
   interessting



   Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
    > Velten Spägele wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
    >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
   Intel
    >> or AMD ?
    >
    > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
   through
    > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
   only
    > choice for now.
    > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
    > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
    > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
    >
    > Best regards,
    >    Christian
    >
    >
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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

Dear Velten,

Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by motherboards.org. This link shows the BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.

http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or disable the feature.

I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can enable or disable VT-d.

To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.

I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.

--
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Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
 
You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

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Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
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Email: space.time.universe@...

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

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(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
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Email: space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>

   Hi Velten,

   VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
   would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

   Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
   specifically support VT-d):
   http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

   Rob

   -----Original Message-----
   From: xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>
   [mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>] On Behalf Of Velten
   Spägele
   Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
   To: Xen Users
   Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
   P55chipset ?

   would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
   interessting



   Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
    > Velten Spägele wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
    >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
   Intel
    >> or AMD ?
    >
    > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
   through
    > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
   only
    > choice for now.
    > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
    > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
    > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
    >
    > Best regards,
    >    Christian
    >
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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

Hi Velten,

I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG will support VT-d.

Please refer to the following link:

http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ

Please refer to Page 2.

PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)

BIOS Version 3712

New Fixes/Features:

Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.

--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
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Email: space.time.universe@...
Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

Dear Velten,

Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by motherboards.org. This link shows the BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.

http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or disable the feature.

I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can enable or disable VT-d.

To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.

I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.

--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
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Email: space.time.universe@...
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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
 
You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

--
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Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
Email: space.time.universe@...

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

--
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Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo

Email: space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>

   Hi Velten,

   VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
   would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

   Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
   specifically support VT-d):
   http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

   Rob

   -----Original Message-----
   From: xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>
   [mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>] On Behalf Of Velten
   Spägele
   Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
   To: Xen Users
   Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
   P55chipset ?

   would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
   interessting



   Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
    > Velten Spägele wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
    >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
   Intel
    >> or AMD ?
    >
    > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
   through
    > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
   only
    > choice for now.
    > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
    > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
    > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
    >
    > Best regards,
    >    Christian
    >
    >
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Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added bios support then it should work fine.

 

After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.

 

 

Rob

 

From: Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) [mailto:space.time.universe@...]
Sent: 02 November 2009 14:43
To: Velten Spägele
Cc: Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list; space.time.universe@...
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?

 

Hi Velten,

I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG will support VT-d.

Please refer to the following link:

http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ

Please refer to Page 2.

PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)

BIOS Version 3712

New Fixes/Features:

Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.

--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
Email: space.time.universe@...
Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
Country: Singapore

2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

Dear Velten,

Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by motherboards.org. This link shows the BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.

http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or disable the feature.

I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can enable or disable VT-d.

To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.

I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.

--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
Email: space.time.universe@...
MSN: teoenming@...
Mobile Phone (SingTel): [phone]
Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
Height: 1.78 meters
Race: Chinese
Dialect: Hokkien
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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

 

P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
 
You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
Email: space.time.universe@...

MSN: teoenming@...

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo

Email: space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
MSN: teoenming@... <mailto:teoenming@...>

Mobile Phone (SingTel): [phone]
Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
Height: 1.78 meters
Race: Chinese
Dialect: Hokkien
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Country: Singapore

2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>

   Hi Velten,

   VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
   would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

   Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
   specifically support VT-d):
   http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

   Rob

   -----Original Message-----
   From: xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>
   [mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>] On Behalf Of Velten
   Spägele
   Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
   To: Xen Users
   Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
   P55chipset ?

   would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
   interessting



   Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
    > Velten Spägele wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
    >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
   Intel
    >> or AMD ?
    >
    > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
   through
    > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
   only
    > choice for now.
    > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
    > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
    > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
    >
    > Best regards,
    >    Christian
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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@...> wrote:

Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added bios support then it should work fine.

 

After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.

 

 

Rob

 

From: Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) [mailto:space.time.universe@...]
Sent: 02 November 2009 14:43
To: Velten Spägele
Cc: Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list; space.time.universe@...
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?

 

Hi Velten,

I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG will support VT-d.

Please refer to the following link:

http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ

Please refer to Page 2.

PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)

BIOS Version 3712

New Fixes/Features:

Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.

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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

Dear Velten,

Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by motherboards.org. This link shows the BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.

http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or disable the feature.

I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can enable or disable VT-d.

To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.

I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.

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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

 

P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
 
You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



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http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>

   Hi Velten,

   VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
   would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

   Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
   specifically support VT-d):
   http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

   Rob

   -----Original Message-----
   From: xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>
   [mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>] On Behalf Of Velten
   Spägele
   Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
   To: Xen Users
   Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
   P55chipset ?

   would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
   interessting



   Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
    > Velten Spägele wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
    >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
   Intel
    >> or AMD ?
    >
    > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
   through
    > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
   only
    > choice for now.
    > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
    > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
    > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
    >
    > Best regards,
    >    Christian
    >
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[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)-2]

Hi All,

I have received a BIOS screenshot from member clon22 in hardwarezone.com.sg hardware clinic forum.

His motherboard is MSI P55-GD80. It costs about S$300++ in Singapore.

BIOS screenshot showing the VT-d option is here:

http://enmingteo.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/msi-p55-gd80-motherboard-with-intel-vt-d-support-in-bios/

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...> wrote:

Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@...> wrote:

Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added bios support then it should work fine.

 

After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.

 

 

Rob

 

From: Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) [mailto:space.time.universe@...]
Sent: 02 November 2009 14:43
To: Velten Spägele
Cc: Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list; space.time.universe@...
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and P55chipset ?

 

Hi Velten,

I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG will support VT-d.

Please refer to the following link:

http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ

Please refer to Page 2.

PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)

BIOS Version 3712

New Fixes/Features:

Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.

--
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Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

Dear Velten,

Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by motherboards.org. This link shows the BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.

http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or disable the feature.

I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can enable or disable VT-d.

To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.

I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.

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2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@...>

 

P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
 
You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

Intel releases P55 after X58.

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(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
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2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot

So i was looking for more informations, and find out that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>

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2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>

   Hi Velten,

   VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the dp55kg so I
   would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and knows it works.

   Server equivalent like one of these would be a better choice (They
   specifically support VT-d):
   http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

   Rob

   -----Original Message-----
   From: xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>
   [mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
   <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>] On Behalf Of Velten
   Spägele
   Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
   To: Xen Users
   Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with iCore and
   P55chipset ?

   would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the dp55kg looks
   interessting



   Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
    > Velten Spägele wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows DomU, is this
    >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the better choise,
   Intel
    >> or AMD ?
    >
    > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of passing
   through
    > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an Intel-term) is your
   only
    > choice for now.
    > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor gives official
    > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
    > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
    >
    > Best regards,
    >    Christian
    >
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cool,

here in Germany you can get the MSI for 175€ and the DP55KG also for about 175€

But the MSI with the heatpipe is more for overclocking users, so i will order the DP55KG
within the next days

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

> Hi All,
>
> I have received a BIOS screenshot from member clon22 in
> hardwarezone.com.sg <http://hardwarezone.com.sg> hardware clinic forum.
>
> His motherboard is MSI P55-GD80. It costs about S$300++ in Singapore.
>
> BIOS screenshot showing the VT-d option is here:
>
> http://enmingteo.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/msi-p55-gd80-motherboard-with-intel-vt-d-support-in-bios/
>
> --
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
> Engineering)
> Alma Maters:
> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
> (2) National University of Singapore
> My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
> My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
> Email: space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
> Country: Singapore
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> <space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>>
> wrote:
>
>     Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.
>
>
>     --
>     Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics)
>     BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>     Alma Maters:
>     (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>     (2) National University of Singapore
>     My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>     My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
>     My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>     Email: space.time.universe@...
>     <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>     Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
>     Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>     Country: Singapore
>
>     On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@...
>     <mailto:Robert@...>> wrote:
>
>         Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have
>         added bios support then it should work fine.
>
>          
>
>         After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the
>         ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.
>
>          
>
>          
>
>         Rob
>
>          
>
>         *From:* Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>         [mailto:space.time.universe@...
>         <mailto:space.time.universe@...>]
>         *Sent:* 02 November 2009 14:43
>         *To:* Velten Spägele
>         *Cc:* Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list;
>         space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>         *Subject:* Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
>         iCore and P55chipset ?
>
>          
>
>         Hi Velten,
>
>         I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that
>         DP55KG will support VT-d.
>
>         Please refer to the following link:
>
>         http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ
>         <http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ>
>
>         Please refer to Page 2.
>
>         PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)
>
>         BIOS Version 3712
>
>         New Fixes/Features:
>
>         Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.
>
>         --
>         Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics)
>         BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>         Alma Maters:
>         (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>         (2) National University of Singapore
>         My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>         My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
>         My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>         Email: space.time.universe@...
>         <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>         Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
>         Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>         Country: Singapore
>
>         2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>         <space.time.universe@...
>         <mailto:space.time.universe@...>>
>
>         Dear Velten,
>
>         Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by
>         motherboards.org <http://motherboards.org>. This link shows the
>         BIOS screenshot of DP55KG.
>
>         http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg
>
>         As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel
>         VT for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to
>         enable or disable the feature.
>
>         I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you
>         can enable or disable VT-d.
>
>         To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The
>         P55 chipset definitely supports VT-d.
>
>         I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.
>
>
>
>         --
>         Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics)
>         BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>         Alma Maters:
>         (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>         (2) National University of Singapore
>         My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>         My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
>         My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>         Email: space.time.universe@...
>         <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>         MSN: teoenming@... <mailto:teoenming@...>
>         Mobile Phone (SingTel): [phone]
>         Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
>         Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>         Height: 1.78 meters
>         Race: Chinese
>         Dialect: Hokkien
>         Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>         Country: Singapore
>
>         2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>         <space.time.universe@...
>         <mailto:space.time.universe@...>>
>
>              
>
>             P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket
>             supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
>              
>             You should definitely get this instead of the older X58
>             chipset boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only
>             supports Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d
>             too, as do Q35, Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.
>
>             Intel releases P55 after X58.
>
>
>
>             --
>             Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics)
>             BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>             Alma Maters:
>             (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>             (2) National University of Singapore
>             My Primary Blog:
>             http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>             My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
>             My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>             Email: space.time.universe@...
>             <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>
>             MSN: teoenming@... <mailto:teoenming@...>
>
>
>             Mobile Phone (SingTel): [phone]
>             Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
>             Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>             Height: 1.78 meters
>             Race: Chinese
>             Dialect: Hokkien
>             Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>             Country: Singapore
>
>             2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@... <mailto:xen@...>>
>
>                 very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot
>
>
>
>                 So i was looking for more informations, and find out
>                 that there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode,
>                 Turbo Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5
>
>                 http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
>                 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html
>
>                 So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an
>                 OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55
>                 Board.
>
>                 So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG
>                 Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be
>                 possible.
>
>
>
>                 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:
>
>                 http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>>
>
>                 http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>>
>
>                 http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>>
>
>                 http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
>                 <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>>
>
>
>
>                 --
>                 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics)
>                 BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>                 Alma Maters:
>                 (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>                 (2) National University of Singapore
>                 My Primary Blog:
>                 http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>                 My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
>                 My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>
>                 Email: space.time.universe@...
>                 <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>                 <mailto:space.time.universe@...
>                 <mailto:space.time.universe@...>>
>                 MSN: teoenming@...
>                 <mailto:teoenming@...>
>                 <mailto:teoenming@...
>                 <mailto:teoenming@...>>
>
>
>                 Mobile Phone (SingTel): [phone]
>                 Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
>                 Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>                 Height: 1.78 meters
>                 Race: Chinese
>                 Dialect: Hokkien
>                 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>                 Country: Singapore
>
>                 2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@...
>                 <mailto:Robert@...> <mailto:Robert@...
>                 <mailto:Robert@...>>>
>
>
>
>                    Hi Velten,
>
>                    VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for
>                 the dp55kg so I
>                    would not risk it unless some one here has tried it
>                 and knows it works.
>
>                    Server equivalent like one of these would be a better
>                 choice (They
>                    specifically support VT-d):
>                  
>                  http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm
>
>                    Rob
>
>                    -----Original Message-----
>                    From: xen-users-bounces@...
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>                    <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
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>                 <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>>] On
>                 Behalf Of Velten
>                    Spägele
>                    Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
>                    To: Xen Users
>                    Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU
>                 with iCore and
>                    P55chipset ?
>
>                    would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the
>                 dp55kg looks
>                    interessting
>
>
>
>                    Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
>                     > Velten Spägele wrote:
>                     >> Hi,
>                     >>
>                     >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a
>                 Windows DomU, is this
>                     >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the
>                 better choise,
>                    Intel
>                     >> or AMD ?
>                     >
>                     > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU
>                 capable of passing
>                    through
>                     > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an
>                 Intel-term) is your
>                    only
>                     > choice for now.
>                     > Supported (or better "working", since almost no
>                 vendor gives official
>                     > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
>                     > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>                     >
>                     > Best regards,
>                     >    Christian
>                     >
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for anybody who cares :)


The cheaper DP55WB also supports VT-D since Release 0142

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18170/eng/WB_0144_ReleaseNotes.pdf




Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

> Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.
>
> --
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
> Engineering)
> Alma Maters:
> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
> (2) National University of Singapore
> My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
> My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com
> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
> Email: space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): [phone]
> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
> Country: Singapore
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@...
> <mailto:Robert@...>> wrote:
>
>     Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added
>     bios support then it should work fine.
>
>      
>
>     After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the
>     ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.
>
>      
>
>      
>
>     Rob
>
>      
>
>     *From:* Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>     [mailto:space.time.universe@...
>     <mailto:space.time.universe@...>]
>     *Sent:* 02 November 2009 14:43
>     *To:* Velten Spägele
>     *Cc:* Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list;
>     space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
>     iCore and P55chipset ?
>
>      
>
>     Hi Velten,
>
>     I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG
>     will support VT-d.
>
>     Please refer to the following link:
>
>     http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ
>     <http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ>
>
>     Please refer to Page 2.
>
>     PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)
>
>     BIOS Version 3712
>
>     New Fixes/Features:
>
>     Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.
>
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>     2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
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>
>     Dear Velten,
>
>     Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by
>     motherboards.org <http://motherboards.org>. This link shows the BIOS
>     screenshot of DP55KG.
>
>     http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg
>
>     As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT
>     for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or
>     disable the feature.
>
>     I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can
>     enable or disable VT-d.
>
>     To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55
>     chipset definitely supports VT-d.
>
>     I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.
>
>
>
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>     2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>     <space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>>
>
>          
>
>         P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket
>         supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
>          
>         You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset
>         boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports
>         Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35,
>         Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.
>
>         Intel releases P55 after X58.
>
>
>
>         --
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>         BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
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>         2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@... <mailto:xen@...>>
>
>             very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot
>
>
>
>             So i was looking for more informations, and find out that
>             there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo
>             Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5
>
>             http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
>             http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html
>
>             So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an
>             OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.
>
>             So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG
>             Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.
>
>
>
>             Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:
>
>             http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>>
>
>             http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>>
>
>             http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>>
>
>             http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
>             <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>>
>
>
>
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>
>             2009/11/2 Robert Dunkley <Robert@...
>             <mailto:Robert@...> <mailto:Robert@...
>             <mailto:Robert@...>>>
>
>
>
>                Hi Velten,
>
>                VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the
>             dp55kg so I
>                would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and
>             knows it works.
>
>                Server equivalent like one of these would be a better
>             choice (They
>                specifically support VT-d):
>              
>              http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm
>
>                Rob
>
>                -----Original Message-----
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>                <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...
>             <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>>] On Behalf
>             Of Velten
>                Spägele
>                Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
>                To: Xen Users
>                Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
>             iCore and
>                P55chipset ?
>
>                would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the
>             dp55kg looks
>                interessting
>
>
>
>                Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
>                 > Velten Spägele wrote:
>                 >> Hi,
>                 >>
>                 >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows
>             DomU, is this
>                 >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the
>             better choise,
>                Intel
>                 >> or AMD ?
>                 >
>                 > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of
>             passing
>                through
>                 > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an
>             Intel-term) is your
>                only
>                 > choice for now.
>                 > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor
>             gives official
>                 > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
>                 > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>                 >
>                 > Best regards,
>                 >    Christian
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which one are you getting?

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2009/11/5 Velten Spägele <xen@...>

for anybody who cares :)


The cheaper DP55WB also supports VT-D since Release 0142

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18170/eng/WB_0144_ReleaseNotes.pdf

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>> wrote:

   Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have added
   bios support then it should work fine.

   
   After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the
   ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.

   
   
   Rob

   
   *From:* Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
   [mailto:space.time.universe@...
   <mailto:space.time.universe@...>]
   *Sent:* 02 November 2009 14:43
   *To:* Velten Spägele
   *Cc:* Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list;

   space.time.universe@... <mailto:space.time.universe@...>
   *Subject:* Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with

   iCore and P55chipset ?

   
   Hi Velten,

   I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG
   will support VT-d.

   Please refer to the following link:

   http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ
   <http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ>

   Please refer to Page 2.

   PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)

   BIOS Version 3712

   New Fixes/Features:

   Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.

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   2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

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   Dear Velten,

   Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by

   motherboards.org <http://motherboards.org>. This link shows the BIOS

   screenshot of DP55KG.

   http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg

   As you can see in the image, there is the line that says: Intel VT
   for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to enable or
   disable the feature.

   I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can
   enable or disable VT-d.

   To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT. The P55
   chipset definitely supports VT-d.

   I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.



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   BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
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   (2) National University of Singapore
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   2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

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       P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket
       supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
               You should definitely get this instead of the older X58 chipset
       boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports
       Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as do Q35,
       Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.

       Intel releases P55 after X58.



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       2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@... <mailto:xen@...>>

           very interessting, but i want more than one pci classic slot



           So i was looking for more informations, and find out that
           there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo
           Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5

           http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
           http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html

           So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an
           OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with P55 Board.

           So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG
           Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be possible.



           Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>>

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297>>

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>>

           http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299
           <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402497&postcount=299>>



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              Hi Velten,

              VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the
           dp55kg so I
              would not risk it unless some one here has tried it and
           knows it works.

              Server equivalent like one of these would be a better
           choice (They
              specifically support VT-d):
                        http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm

              Rob

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           <mailto:xen-users-bounces@...>>] On Behalf
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              Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
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              Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
           iCore and
              P55chipset ?

              would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the
           dp55kg looks
              interessting



              Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
               > Velten Spägele wrote:
               >> Hi,
               >>
               >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a Windows
           DomU, is this
               >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the
           better choise,
              Intel
               >> or AMD ?
               >
               > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU capable of
           passing
              through
               > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an
           Intel-term) is your
              only
               > choice for now.
               > Supported (or better "working", since almost no vendor
           gives official
               > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
               > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
               >
               > Best regards,
               >    Christian
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[Velten Spägele]

i don't know, which one i should order
i need a classic pci slot for an ISDN Card in Windows

the second pci slot i could use for a ISDN Fax Server, but with an hvm passtrough, both
pci slot are forwarding to the windows Server, so i could get the cheaper WB Board.

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:

> which one are you getting?
>
> --
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
> Engineering)
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> (2) National University of Singapore
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> 2009/11/5 Velten Spägele <xen@... <mailto:xen@...>>
>
>     for anybody who cares :)
>
>
>     The cheaper DP55WB also supports VT-D since Release 0142
>
>     http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18170/eng/WB_0144_ReleaseNotes.pdf
>
>
>
>
>
>     Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:
>
>         Hope I can upgrade to P55 platform next year.
>
>
>         --
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>         (2) National University of Singapore
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>         On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Robert Dunkley
>         <Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>
>         <mailto:Robert@... <mailto:Robert@...>>> wrote:
>
>            Sounds good, P55 can definitely support VT-d so if Intel have
>         added
>            bios support then it should work fine.
>
>            
>            After a bit of Googling I heard mention that quite a few of the
>            ASRock P55 boards support VT-d too.
>
>            
>            
>            Rob
>
>            
>            *From:* Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>            [mailto:space.time.universe@...
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>            *Sent:* 02 November 2009 14:43
>            *To:* Velten Spägele
>            *Cc:* Robert Dunkley; Xen users mailing list;
>            space.time.universe@...
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>         <mailto:space.time.universe@...
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>            *Subject:* Re: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows DomU with
>
>            iCore and P55chipset ?
>
>            
>            Hi Velten,
>
>            I have done more research on Google and it is hopeful that DP55KG
>            will support VT-d.
>
>            Please refer to the following link:
>
>          
>          http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ
>         <http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ>
>          
>          <http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ
>         <http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F18171%2Feng%2FKG_3822_ReleaseNotes.pdf&rct=j&q=dp55kg+vt-d&ei=W-3uSqOgGMWPkQWA-p2XDw&usg=AFQjCNE7byyUr9G9Vs5-6BDd-r2vCmK5zQ>>
>
>            Please refer to Page 2.
>
>            PRODUCTS: DP55KG, DP55SB, DP55WG (Standard BIOS)
>
>            BIOS Version 3712
>
>            New Fixes/Features:
>
>            Added the capability to show/hide the Vt and Vt-d setup option.
>
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>            BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
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>            2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
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>
>
>            Dear Velten,
>
>            Below is the link to a Intel DP55KG motherboard review by
>            motherboards.org <http://motherboards.org>
>         <http://motherboards.org>. This link shows the BIOS
>
>            screenshot of DP55KG.
>
>          
>          http://www.motherboards.org/imageview.html?i=/images/reviews/motherboards/1948_p5_13.jpg
>
>            As you can see in the image, there is the line that says:
>         Intel VT
>            for Directed I/O (VT-d). But there's no option for you to
>         enable or
>            disable the feature.
>
>            I am wondering if you must enable Intel VT *first* before you can
>            enable or disable VT-d.
>
>            To enable VT, you need to have a processor that supports VT.
>         The P55
>            chipset definitely supports VT-d.
>
>            I don't think Intel put VT-d line in the BIOS for fun.
>
>
>
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>            2009/11/2 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
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>
>
>                
>                P55 chipset boards use the new Socket LGA1156. This socket
>                supports both Core i5 and Core i7.
>                        You should definitely get this instead of the
>         older X58 chipset
>                boards which use socket LGA1366. Socket LGA1366 only supports
>                Core i7, not Core i5. X58 chipset supports VT-d too, as
>         do Q35,
>                Q45, X38, and X48 which are outdated.
>
>                Intel releases P55 after X58.
>
>
>
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>                2009/11/2 Velten Spägele <xen@...
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>
>                    very interessting, but i want more than one pci
>         classic slot
>
>
>
>                    So i was looking for more informations, and find out that
>                    there a low-budget iCore System without Hypermode, Turbo
>                    Boost and VT-d, in most for iCore5
>
>                  
>          http://www.pctreiber.net/news/44-prozessoren/472-ueberblick-ueber-kommende-intel-cpus-
>                  
>          http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Produktbezeichungen-und-Preise-durchgesickert-750777.html
>
>                    So i'm not sure what i should do, an "old" Q45 with an
>                    OuadCore is nearly the same price than a iCore7 with
>         P55 Board.
>
>                    So i will try to find more informations about the DP55KG
>                    Extreme Board with vt-d, but with iCore7 it should be
>         possible.
>
>
>
>                    Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) schrieb:
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>                  
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>                  
>          <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296
>         <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401334&postcount=296>>>
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>          http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41401531&postcount=297
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>                  
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>         <http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=41402197&postcount=298>>>
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>                       Hi Velten,
>
>                       VT-d support is not mentioned in the tech spec for the
>                    dp55kg so I
>                       would not risk it unless some one here has tried
>         it and
>                    knows it works.
>
>                       Server equivalent like one of these would be a better
>                    choice (They
>                       specifically support VT-d):
>                                
>         http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-overview.htm
>
>                       Rob
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>                    Of Velten
>                       Spägele
>                       Sent: 02 November 2009 11:34
>                       To: Xen Users
>                       Subject: [Xen-users] PCI Passthrough to Windows
>         DomU with
>                    iCore and
>                       P55chipset ?
>
>                       would it be possible with the new p55 chipset ? the
>                    dp55kg looks
>                       interessting
>
>
>
>                       Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
>                        > Velten Spägele wrote:
>                        >> Hi,
>                        >>
>                        >> i want to use an old AVM ISDN PCI Card in a
>         Windows
>                    DomU, is this
>                        >> possible with vt-d and iommu ? What would be the
>                    better choise,
>                       Intel
>                        >> or AMD ?
>                        >
>                        > Afaik there are no AMD boards with an IOMMU
>         capable of
>                    passing
>                       through
>                        > devices to an HVM guest, so Vt-d (which is an
>                    Intel-term) is your
>                       only
>                        > choice for now.
>                        > Supported (or better "working", since almost no
>         vendor
>                    gives official
>                        > VT-d support with Xen) boards can be found here:
>                        > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo
>                        >
>                        > Best regards,
>                        >    Christian
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