PCI Passthrough (VT-D)

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by SouthPawn, Sep 9, 2013.

  1. SouthPawn

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    Hello,

    I'm very interested in finding out if you support VT-D, I haven't been able to find it anywhere on the settings/etc, but the new macbook pros appear to have VMX.
    I purchased the upgrade to 9 in the hopes that I could pass a vidock 4+ videocard through a Sonnet Echo Pro ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter, as it said you supported thunderbolt devices.

    Is there any way to get this working?

    I think this would make parallels stand out even more if this setup could work.

    Thanks!
    --Craig
     
  2. Specimen

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    No, it's not supported.
     
  3. SouthPawn

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    Is it possible then for me to get a refund, the only reason I purchased the upgrade was because I read the following on the upgrade page:

    "New! Connect Thunderbolt and Firewire devices to either your Mac or your virtual machine – just like you do with USB devices"

    This is clearly not a true statement as with USB devices you are performing a passthrough, but this does not occur with Thunderbolt devices otherwise I should get the option to pass the the ExpressCard adapter to the VM.

    Thanks again,
    --Craig
     
  4. Specimen

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    Yes, it is a bit misleading, currently it only supports Firewire and Thunderbolt storage devices. Elsewhere, in the video they made showing Parallels features, Parallels does say it is indeed just for storage devices.
     

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