[mythtv-users] VMWare on the backend. Viable solution?

Craig Anderson craig.anderson0 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 1 18:55:02 UTC 2010


Hi,

I have read through this thread with interest, and it got me thinking.

Could I pic-passthrough a GT220 to a xem vm on the same hardware as a
vm backend?

Thanks for any help.

Craig

On 2/1/10, Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk> wrote:
> 2010/1/31 Martin Ravell <martin.ravell at rave-tech.com.au>:
> <SNIP>
>>>Also didn't you ask them about GA-P55-UD3P board? This is the
>>>UDP4P-model, which according to the last post in the following thread
>>>should support VT-d:
>>>http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/268442-12-p55a-ud4p-experience-needed#t
>> 1866399
>>>
>>>Perhaps he just talked to another support guy :-D
>>>
>>>Best Regards
>>>Kenni Lund
>>>
>>
>> The helldesk guy I spoke to did not inspire a lot of confidence and did go
>> off to confer with a colleague. I got the impression that he'd not ever
>> heard of VT-d or VT-x before my query.
>>
>> So, in the face of contradictory information from multiple sources, short
>> of
>> getting one of these boards and installing I still don't know if it is
>> going
>> to do the job.
>
> If you haven't bought the Gigabyte board yet, perhaps you could "just"
> find another motherboard with VT-d support? Before I discovered that I
> could just upgrade my Core 2 motherbord into another Core 2
> motherboard with VT-d support, I was also looking into Core i7
> motherboards with VT-d compatibility. I just checked some old notes of
> mine and in the end of my search, I found two Core i7 and VT-d capable
> Intel boards, which fitted all of my needs:
> Intel Desktop Board DP55KG Extreme Series
> Intel Desktop Board DP55WG Media Series
>
> I don't remember the exact reason for choosing these boards, but I
> believe it was due to the regular PCI slots (non-express), which I
> needed in order to reuse my old tuners. And also, I found several
> proofs that these boards worked with VT-d (screenshots, VT-d is
> mentioned in BIOS changelog, etc).
>
>> Who would have thought this issue to be so fraught with confusion, even
>> from
>> the manufacturer?!?
>
> Yeah, it's annoying, I'm just happy I finally found a working solution
> for my own system. It's nice to have an easy way of switching between
> trunk and 0.22-fixes virtual backends, etc. Hopefully this situation
> will get much better over time, when the technology gets more
> widespread.
>
> Best Regards
> Kenni Lund
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