[vfio-users] Stuck.. some troubleshooting help appreciated

Janusz januszmk6 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 22:09:08 UTC 2015


W dniu 02.11.2015 o 22:57, Tim Terhorst pisze:
>
> On Nov 2, 2015 3:49 PM, "Tim Terhorst" <mynamewastaken at gmail.com
> <mailto:mynamewastaken at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > After spending a few days reading through the vfio blog, various
> guides, and the google doc listing compatibility, I decided to give it
> a try.
> >
> > My hardware:
> >
> > Mobo: Asus H97M Anniversary
> > Cpu: Intel i5-4440
> > Discrete gfx: Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290] MSI
> > Onboard Intel gfx
> >
> > lspci output: http://pastebin.com/emzyeVNW
>
> Of course I hit send early.
>
> I'd like to run onboard for the host, and pass through the R9 to the
> guest.
>
> Host OS is currently antergos with the vfio kernel (I prefer fedora,
> but whatever I can make it work with is fine).
>
> I ran into the issue with vga arbitration as noted on the blog, and
> lost DRI on the host. I also saw that my R9 didn't have a uefi bios.
>
> The mobo is small enough that I don't really have room to plug in
> another card. I don't mind buying additional or new hardware, but at
> this point I'm unsure of what I need to make this work.
>
> Any thoughts / suggestions are appreciated.
>
>
Search for not officiall uefi bios for your gpu. I found for my sapphire
r9 290 on some forum, and I know that sometimes support provides uefi
bios for gpus that doesn't support uefi if you ask them, just they don't
support it officially
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