[vfio-users] VFIO + ZFS build

[Jouner Journer]

Sounds like i should stick to a 290X... does crossfire/sli work in vm with
vfio??

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Alex Williamson <alex.l.williamson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Jouner Journer <journerforums at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','journerforums at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm looking to build a box which can run ZFS on Linux in hypervisor, misc
>> linux VMs, as well as a Windows vm for gaming.
>>
>> Is anyone doing video passthrough as well as running ZFSoL?  I've read
>> ZFS requires specific kernel versions in Arch and am wondering if I'll run
>> into compatibility issues.
>>
>> Also, this is the hardware I've selected... are there any blatant
>> problems that stick out?  I've been toying with the idea of different
>> processor (less cores, more speed), but figured more cores is better...
>>  how about Radeon R9 390X... is it too new to be tested/confirmed?
>>
>> Given that it is xeon processor and motherboard supports VT-d/VT-x,
>> motherboard and video card are uefi I'm hoping I will not run into too many
>> issues with passthrough... at least hardware limited issues ;)
>>
>> ASRock EPC612D8A-TB SSI ATX Server Motherboard Socket LGA 2011 R3
>> Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 Haswell-EP 2.4 GHz LGA 2011-3 85W BX80644E52630V3
>> Server Processor
>> SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 390X 100381OCL 8GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 2.2
>> Slot, ATX Tri-X OC Version (UEFI) Video Card
>>
>
> New AMD GPUs seem to be pretty unhappy for most users, but the chipset and
> CPU look like they should be well supported.
>
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