Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

2018-12-27 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Huh. Good point. Admittedly you might want to reuse very similar VM for both Windows and Linux. -- Bronek Kozicki b...@spamcop.net On Thu, 27 Dec 2018, at 8:25 PM, Brett Foster wrote: > Wait, we're talking about Linux +ati drivers? Alright, then I have no > idea... but if it's windows, try

Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

2018-12-27 Thread Brett Foster
Wait, we're talking about Linux +ati drivers? Alright, then I have no idea... but if it's windows, try the 440 and see if that helps. Brett Sent from my BlackBerry - the most secure mobile device   Original Message   From: b...@spamcop.net Sent: December 27, 2018 12:21 PM To: fost...@edgeandver

Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

2018-12-27 Thread Bronek Kozicki
Some Linuxes do not boot on 440FX (at least, not for me with booting with UEFI, which is recommended for GPU passthrough). B. On Thu, 27 Dec 2018, at 8:18 PM, Brett Foster wrote: > Why use q35? I always thought that wasn't recommended. At least a couple > years ago, that was my impression. >

Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

2018-12-27 Thread Brett Foster
Why use q35? I always thought that wasn't recommended. At least a couple years ago, that was my impression. Sent from my BlackBerry - the most secure mobile device   Original Message   From: erra...@yourstruly.sx Sent: December 27, 2018 12:12 PM To: fost...@edgeandvertex.org; b...@spamcop.net C

Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

2018-12-27 Thread Paige Thompson
BTW I think the specific reason you want to separate your pcie endpoints on q35 from the root complex using a switch or up/downstream ports is due to the fact that the root complex has direct access to memory. I can't find anything more specific regarding why that might be problematic but I kn