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Explainer – Why and When Modprobe and VFIO-PCI Is Needed

D Hanson — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:06:56 +0000

For quite some time now various guides on the internet have told us to use modprobe rules on most devices when doing PCI and VGA(GPU) pass-through. While in most use cases you will need to pre-bind your device to vfio-pci, or blacklist the kernel module beforehand, due to libvirt not wanting to dynamically re-bind with [...]

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Vfioselect Makes Binding Devices to Your VM a Cinch

Trent Arcuri — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:44:02 +0000

GPU passthrough is probably is the coolest thing I've stumbled across lately, and it's all made possible with vfio-pci. However, vfio is in its infancy, and binding your GPU with vfio-pci can be confusing. This step presents a significant barrier to entry for newcomers. Enter vfioselect, our new tool for automatic device binding. Read also: [...]

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Binding a GPU to vfio-pci in Debian Buster

Blake Lee — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:48:02 +0000

In this tutorial, I will be using Debian Sid to bind a GPU to the vfio-pci driver. This is to make sure that the system doesn’t use the GPU so that we can successfully pass it through to our guest. The process is the same for Debian Stretch and Testing. Read also: Critical Update Lands For [...]

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