Win 95 & Win NT + PCI devices

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Keralas
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Win 95 & Win NT + PCI devices

Post by Keralas »

Hi all,

I have a big project and problem.
My mission is to virtualize a computer using Windows 95 or Windows NT and use the PCI cards connected with.
The main connectivity I need is between my VMs and a PCI- GPIB card.
Do you have any idea, I've already try PCI Passthrough (Vt-d + make kernel with IOMMU on ...)
But I have several bugs, due to shared interrupts, then devices is not available or locked.

If you have a solution, or if you want more specific details, don't hesitate.

Thanks for your future responses.

Kevin
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Re: Win 95 & Win NT + PCI devices

Post by mpack »

If you got PCI passthrough working with your PCI-GPIB card, you would then need Win95 or NT4 drivers for that card. Do you have that?

In general, using a VM to talk to real hardware IMHO usually finishes at a dead end. The whole point of VMs is to be agnostic about the hardware.
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