Re: [vfio-users] Mouse and keyboard for gaming

2016-09-28 Thread Rokas Kupstys
What i did is binding a hotkey to script that attaches mouse and keyboard usb devices to VM. On windows side i made script that detaches mouse and keyboard from VM. Works really good on games too. Rokas Kupstys On 2016.09.29 06:57, Abdulla Bubshait wrote: > I had this very same problem and realiz

Re: [vfio-users] Mouse and keyboard for gaming

2016-09-28 Thread Abdulla Bubshait
I had this very same problem and realized that the best way to get a problem setup for gaming is to get a dedicated USB controller and pass it to the windows guest. I got a hardware USB switch to allow switching of the keyboard and mouse, but when the guest is running I typically use synergy with W

Re: [vfio-users] Finding a suitable replacement mainboard for GPU passthrough

2016-09-28 Thread Martin Schrodt
On 09/28/2016 10:10 PM, Alex Williamson wrote: > Oh, thanks for the hint, I did not know this before. I did not want to > ACS-override anyway, and thought there would be mainboard layouts that > would separate those 2 slots even on Z170. Is this not the case? > > > This is not the cas

Re: [vfio-users] Finding a suitable replacement mainboard for GPU passthrough

2016-09-28 Thread Alex Williamson
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Martin Schrodt wrote: > On 09/28/2016 09:40 PM, Alex Williamson wrote: > > 3) The first and the second PCIe-slot are in the same IOMMU-group, > > preventing me to use a second GPU for the host in slot 2 without > > ACS-override. (*1) > > > > Of course,

Re: [vfio-users] Finding a suitable replacement mainboard for GPU passthrough

2016-09-28 Thread Martin Schrodt
On 09/28/2016 09:40 PM, Alex Williamson wrote: > 2) It won't suspend correctly if I leave it's USB-3.1 controller to > Linux (will wake up immediately, complaining that the USB controller > prevented proper suspend) (ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1142) > > A poorly behaving ASMedia devic

Re: [vfio-users] Finding a suitable replacement mainboard for GPU passthrough

2016-09-28 Thread Alex Williamson
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Martin Schrodt wrote: > Dear community, > > after buying a new rig a week ago, I noticed several problems with the > mainboard I chose, so I am going to send it back. It's an ASRock Z 170 > Extreme 4. > > Problems I have: > > 1) The board does not like the RAM I o

[vfio-users] Finding a suitable replacement mainboard for GPU passthrough

2016-09-28 Thread Martin Schrodt
Dear community, after buying a new rig a week ago, I noticed several problems with the mainboard I chose, so I am going to send it back. It's an ASRock Z 170 Extreme 4. Problems I have: 1) The board does not like the RAM I ordered. I have a kit DDR4-3200 DIMM CL14-14-14-34 from G-Skill that will