Mike Kazantsev <mk.frag...@gmail.com> writes: >> Something finally allows the kvm pass through to be recognized but not >> until I've reached the login prompt. > > But linux kernel isn't loaded or used in any way when grub screen comes > up - grub is loading it as a last step of it's execution, so any kernel > configuration settings should be completely irrelevant here.
Ha... now I remember someone saying that when I posted about this quite some time ago. Here is the thing though. There was a time when my KVM switch was recognized at the grub boot prompt. So something has changed. Are you suggesting something inside grub can be tweaked? I've mentioned that I changed KVM switches, but with the new one, it does work by the time the login prompt comes up. So if I could identify what it is in the kernel that allowes it to work at the point where the kernel takes over (login prompt), then maybe I could enable that aspect somehow inside an initramfs, and be able to have the KVM recognized at the grub prompt by booting with an initrd.
