You don't need to use libvirt AFAIK, everything can be done manually if you so prefer.
The arch wiki guide on PCI passthrough or reddit.com/r/VFIO <http://reddit.com/r/VFIO> can help you find your way. > On 3 Mar 2020, at 10:57 PM, Kent Dorfman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3/3/20, Сергей Низовцев <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 16:49, Kent Dorfman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> What qemu-system-x86_64 startup options will let me pass the PCI NIC >>> directly to the VM? >> >> -device vfio-pci,host=pciid >> >> .. but before that you should configure your host properly for iommu >> and vfio. libvirt can automate this routine tasks, try it instead of >> using qemu directly. > > Thank you for your followup. Is there a way to do this without > introducing libvirt? Does qemu not have a direct PCI passtrhough > mechanism? qemu-4.1.1 >
