Looking at the surrounding context, I would rework this section even
more. Before I just apply my approach, what do you think about the
following change?
---
diff --git a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
index 4f19f2a..ca07692 100644
--- a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
+++ b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
@@ -63,19 +63,18 @@ some configuration to enable PCI(e) passthrough.
.IOMMU
-First, you will have to enable IOMMU support in your BIOS/UEFI. Usually the
+You will have to enable IOMMU support in your BIOS/UEFI. Usually the
corresponding setting is called `IOMMU` or `VT-d`, but you should find
the exact
option name in the manual of your motherboard.
-For Intel CPUs, you also need to enable the IOMMU on the
-xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel command line] kernels by adding:
+With recent kernels (6.8 or newer), `IOMMU` should be enabled
automatically.
+On older kernels, it was necessary to enable it on Intel CPUs via the
+xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel command line] by adding:
----
intel_iommu=on
----
-For AMD CPUs it should be enabled automatically.
-
.IOMMU Passthrough Mode
If your hardware supports IOMMU passthrough mode, enabling this mode might
On 2024-10-22 12:19, Christoph Heiss wrote:
Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.he...@proxmox.com>
---
qm-pci-passthrough.adoc | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
index c3dd184..70e33f2 100644
--- a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
+++ b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel command line] kernels
by adding:
intel_iommu=on
----
-For AMD CPUs it should be enabled automatically.
+For AMD CPUs it should be enabled automatically. For Intel CPUs this is also
+the default since the 6.8 kernel series.
.IOMMU Passthrough Mode
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