On Fri, 22 May 2020 16:52:29 +0200 n...@dismail.de wrote: > > I only need Debian GNU/Linux to detect it and know which GPU is to > > passthrough it to my Windows gaming VM, to play Windows-only games. > > For Debian I already have Intel's IGPU. > > I may be mistaken, but doesn't a proper GPU passthrough mean, the > GPU to be passed through is never used by the host system and only by > the guest (Windows) ? > Meaning wherever or not the GPU works with Debian (your host) is > irrelevant as the GPU will only be used by MS Windows as if MS > Windows was the host itself ? > > The ArchWiki seems to agree: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF#Isolating_the_GPU
True. I have a similar setup. All devices that are directly passed through to the guest OS (Windows) are blacklisted on the host OS (Debian). So there is no driver needed in the host OS for that GPU. BR, Ramon
