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We support pcie-to-pci-bridge, and prefer it to dmi-to-pci-bridge, since libvirt 4.3.0, but we didn't update all the documentation accordingly at the time. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
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<h1>PCI topology and hotplug</h1>
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<ul id="toc"></ul>
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<p>
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Perhaps surprisingly, most libvirt guests support only limited PCI
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device hotplug out of the box, or even none at all.
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</p>
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<p>
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The reason for this apparent limitation is the fact that each
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hotplugged PCI device might require additional PCI controllers to
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be added to the guest. Since most PCI controllers can't be
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hotplugged, they need to be added before the guest is started;
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however, libvirt has no way of knowing in advance how many devices
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will be hotplugged during the guest's lifetime, thus making it
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impossible to automatically provide the right amount of PCI
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controllers: any arbitrary number would end up being too big
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for some users, and too small for others.
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</p>
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<p>
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Ultimately, the user is the only one who knows how much the guest
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will need to grow dynamically, so the responsibility of planning
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a suitable PCI topology in advance falls on them.
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</p>
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<p>
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This document aims at providing all the information needed to
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successfully plan the PCI topology of a guest. Note that the
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details can vary a lot between architectures and even machine
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types, hence the way it's organized.
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</p>
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<h2><a id="x86_64">x86_64 architecture</a></h2>
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<h3><a id="x86_64-q35">q35 machine type</a></h3>
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<p>
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This is a PCI Express native machine type. The default PCI topology
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looks like
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</p>
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<pre>
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
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<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
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<target chassis='1' port='0x10'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
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</controller></pre>
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<p>
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and supports hotplugging a single PCI Express device, either
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emulated or assigned from the host.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you have a very specific use case, such as the appliances
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used by <a href="http://libguestfs.org/">libguestfs</a> behind
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the scenes to access disk images, and this automatically-added
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<code>pcie-root-port</code> controller ends up being a nuisance,
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you can prevent libvirt from adding it by manually managing PCI
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controllers and addresses according to your needs.
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</p>
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<p>
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Slots on the <code>pcie-root</code> controller do not support
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hotplug, so the device will be hotplugged into the
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<code>pcie-root-port</code> controller. If you plan to hotplug
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more than a single PCI Express device, you should add a suitable
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number of <code>pcie-root-port</code> controllers when defining
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the guest: for example, add
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</p>
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<pre>
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<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/>
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<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/>
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<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/></pre>
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<p>
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if you expect to hotplug up to three PCI Express devices,
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either emulated or assigned from the host. That's all the
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information you need to provide: libvirt will fill in the
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remaining details automatically. Note that you need to add
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the <code>pcie-root</code> controller along with the
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<code>pcie-root-port</code> controllers or you will get an
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error.
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</p>
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<p>
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Note that if you're adding PCI controllers to a guest and at
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the same time you're also adding PCI devices, some of the
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controllers will be used for the newly-added devices and won't
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be available for hotplug once the guest has been started.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you expect to hotplug legacy PCI devices, then you will need
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specialized controllers, since all those mentioned above are
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intended for PCI Express devices only: add
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</p>
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<pre>
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<controller type='pci' model='pcie-to-pci-bridge'/></pre>
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<p>
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and you'll be able to hotplug up to 31 legacy PCI devices,
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either emulated or assigned from the host, in the slots
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from 0x01 to 0x1f of the <code>pcie-to-pci-bridge</code> controller.
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</p>
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<h3><a id="x86_64-i440fx">i440fx (pc) machine type</a></h3>
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<p>
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This is a legacy PCI native machine type. The default PCI
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topology looks like
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</p>
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<pre>
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/></pre>
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<p>
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where each of the 31 slots (from 0x01 to 0x1f) on the
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<code>pci-root</code> controller is hotplug capable and
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can accept a legacy PCI device, either emulated or
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assigned from the guest.
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</p>
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<h2><a id="ppc64">ppc64 architecture</a></h2>
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<h3><a id="ppc64-pseries">pseries machine type</a></h3>
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<p>
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The default PCI topology for the <code>pseries</code> machine
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type looks like
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</p>
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<pre>
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
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<model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
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<target index='0'/>
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</controller></pre>
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<p>
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The 31 slots, from 0x01 to 0x1f, on a <code>pci-root</code>
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controller are all hotplug capable and, despite the name
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suggesting otherwise, starting with QEMU 2.9 all of them
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can accept PCI Express devices in addition to legacy PCI
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devices; however, libvirt will only place emulated devices
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on the default <code>pci-root</code> controller.
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</p>
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<p>
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In order to take advantage of improved error reporting and
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recovering capabilities, PCI devices assigned from the
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host need to be isolated by placing each on a separate
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<code>pci-root</code> controller, which has to be prepared
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in advance for hotplug to work: for example, add
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</p>
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<pre>
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<controller type='pci' model='pci-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' model='pci-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' model='pci-root'/></pre>
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<p>
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if you expect to hotplug up to three PCI devices assigned
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from the host.
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</p>
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<h2><a id="aarch64">aarch64 architecture</a></h2>
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<h3><a id="aarch64-virt">mach-virt (virt) machine type</a></h3>
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<p>
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This machine type mostly behaves the same as the
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<a href="#x86_64-q35">q35 machine type</a>, so you can just
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refer to that section for information.
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</p>
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<p>
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The only difference worth mentioning is that using legacy
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PCI for <code>mach-virt</code> guests is extremely uncommon,
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so you'll probably never need to add controllers other than
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<code>pcie-root-port</code>.
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</p>
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