On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 10:15 -0500, Cole Robinson wrote: > On 02/17/2014 02:58 AM, Eric Viseur wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > As many other before me, I'm having problems with GPU Passthrough. I'm > > running Fedora 20 with kernel 3.13.3 and the packages from the virt-preview. > > My configuration is a Dell OptiPlex 7010, equipped with a Core i5 3470 and a > > Radeon HD7570 from Dell. > > > > VT-d and vfio work fine for other devices, such as the audio controller, > > but I > > can't seem to passthrough the graphic cards. Primary passthrough simply > > fails, secondary passthrough with a Cirrus VGA gives me Error 10. In both > > cases, I hear the GPU fan reacting when the VM boots, but then nothing > > happens. > > > > I tried blacklisting completely the i915 driver, as I can live without it. > > This is for a project aimed at a seamless interaction with a Windows VM, the > > Linux hypervisor doing background processing, hidden from the user. Given > > my > > situation, what are my best next shots ? > > > > I'd recommend trying qemu.git as well, this stuff is still under active > development. > > Also see this thread for some possibly related discussion: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/virt/2013-December/003911.html > > But maybe Alex has more suggestions.
The archlinux forums linked in the above is the best source of information, but it's currently down. In short, there is no out-of-the-box solution for assignment of consumer VGA cards. Much of the code is upstream, but there are still pieces like i915 vga arbiter support that require patches. Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ virt mailing list virt@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt
