---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anders Ingemann <[email protected]> Date: 20 February 2014 09:06 Subject: Re: GPU instance with debian HVM AMI? To: Aryeh Leib Taurog <[email protected]>
On 19 February 2014 23:38, Aryeh Leib Taurog <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to launch GPU instances with the debian HVM AMI: > debian-wheezy-amd64-hvm-2014-02-08-ebs - ami-9f675df6 > > It doesn't allow me to do this. Apparently only certain AMIs are > supported. > < > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using_cluster_computing.html > > > > I posted an inquiry about this on the EC2 forums. > <https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=146515>. > > I received the following response: > > > I have investigated the issue in regards to the AMI - ami-9f675df6 and > > unfortunately it would appear the instance type of g2.2xlarge is not > supported > > by this particular image. For the AMI itself it may be lacking drivers > and/or > > internal support for the g2.2xlarge instance type. > > > > I have however been able to successfully launch the same AMI using a > variety of > > other instance types such as C3, M3 etc. > > > > This is not something we can simply 'enable', it is a restriction of the > > particular AMI itself. I would recommend either selecting a difference > Instance > > type during the provisioning or selecting a different AMI that provides > the > > features you are looking for. > > Can anyone shed any light on this? Could there be some missing > configuration > which is required for PCI passthrough? The Xen wiki indicates otherwise: > > > HVM guests require no special configuration for the guest kernel, as all > > accesses are emulated and virtualized by the IOMMU hardware. > <http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#Guest_configuration> > > Thanks, > Aryeh Leib Taurog > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > Hello Aryeh That is indeed puzzling. Especially considering what your research turned up. I have not yet tried launching GPU instances myself, but I'm putting it on the todo list. I'm sure there is a solution. In the meantime, if you find a potential solution you can try bootstrapping your own AMI and see if it works. The image commands<http://andsens.github.io/bootstrap-vz/plugins.html#image_commands> plugin should make it possible to make some quick&dirty modifications to the image during bootstrapping if need be.
