Re: [vfio-users] Allocating hugepages to a specific numa node on boot

2017-05-17 Thread Ryan Flagler
I forgot to add the following. You also need to update your /etc/default/grub entry with the proper hugepagesz=2M entry. Like below. The service won't "activate" unless you configure this. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset quiet splash intel_iommu=on hugepagesz=2M pci_stub.ids=10de:13c2,10de:0

[vfio-users] Allocating hugepages to a specific numa node on boot

2017-05-17 Thread Ryan Flagler
So, I just wanted to share the process I found for allocating hugepages from memory tied to a specific numa node on your system. Traditionally, I had a /etc/default/grub that looked like this. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset quiet splash intel_iommu=on hugepages=6144 pci_stub.ids=10de:13c2,1

Re: [vfio-users] Ryzen 1600 pci passthrough degraded performance

2017-05-17 Thread Alex Williamson
On Tue, 16 May 2017 21:33:18 +0200 Stefan Maksimovic wrote: > My setup: > Ryzen 1600 > Asus B350 Prime Plus > r5 230 (linux host) > gtx 1060 (for passthrough) > > The passthrough process itself went without much trouble. > I've been able to boot the VM, the 1060 was properly detected, went on to

[vfio-users] IGD passthrough / windows OS ram problem with new intel drivers

2017-05-17 Thread nicolas prochazka
Hello, igd passthrough with intel nuc broadwell, skylake, kabylake works very well with windows OS. But, since a intel update igd drivers , > 20.19.15.4531 from 29/09/2016, ( we are using intel driver from intel site, not windows default driver ) just after driver installation, half of the ram of