
VMDirectPath with Msi p55-g80
Hi,
for a few months i have use xen 4.2 unstable with pci passthrough and it was working fine, but i had problems with video drivers crashing in windows, so somewhere
i saw an alternative with vmware ESXI 5.0 server, i have tyred it and i was very successful, everything i wanted worked!
so after a few months of preparation and planing i went and install ESXI 5.1, ( it got updated ) but the pci passthrough is broken in 5.1, so i reverted to the 5.0 and
windows 7 with amd ati 6670 works! but i use zfs storage, so on opensolaris VM i had passthrough 3ware 9650SE-4LPML and 6 port intel sata raid, witch in the past
of the experimental stage it worked, but now, i can passthrough the devices, and it loads them fine, but cant access the disks!
lspci:
00:18.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
03:00.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 9650SE SATA-II RAID PCIe (rev 01)
0b:00.0 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
root@virtual:/#
with tw_cli i can access the 3ware raid card:
Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVrfy
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Port Status Unit Size Blocks Serial
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p0 UNCONV-DCB - 465.76 GB 976773168 WD-WCASY8666577
p1 UNCONV-DCB - 465.76 GB 976773168 WD-WCASY8667427
p2 OK - 931.51 GB 1953525168 S246JDWSB33288
p3 NOT-PRESENT - - - -
//virtual> /c4/p2 show
Port Status Unit Size Blocks Serial
---------------------------------------------------------------
p2 OK - 931.51 GB 1953525168 S246JDWSB33288
( ignore status on disks )
boot log:
http://pastebin.com/ydM33UMLany ideas?