Re: [vfio-users] UEFI Windows and SWTPM

2022-08-21 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
on >it demaned i create a microsoft account >it wouldnt keep my license number > >so i gave up, recovered from a backup and did the upgrade process > > >On 8/21/22 11:16 AM, Brett Peckinpaugh wrote: >> Honestly your better off doing a fresh install. From what I see and >&g

Re: [vfio-users] UEFI Windows and SWTPM

2022-08-21 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
ll qemu to pass through the host cpu instead (-cpu host). > >i was allowed to keep my win10 license and did not have to make a >microsoft account >overall, not pleasant but doable > > >On 8/20/22 9:20 PM, Brett Peckinpaugh wrote: >> You also need secure boot enabled bios e

Re: [vfio-users] UEFI Windows and SWTPM

2022-08-20 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
1 compliant.  >You >>>> will need to install swtpm and might have to correct some >>>> permissions based on your install, and what user and it's >>>> permissions that are running your qemu and libvirt. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug

Re: [vfio-users] UEFI Windows and SWTPM

2021-08-02 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
nks for asking it. > I am not familiar with TPM in virt machines so I decline to comment. > > On 7/2/21 2:03 AM, Brett Peckinpaugh wrote: > > With Win 11 coming I figured I would spend a bit of time tinkering and see > I could be ready if I decided it isn't the junk OS that

[vfio-users] UEFI Windows and SWTPM

2021-07-01 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
With Win 11 coming I figured I would spend a bit of time tinkering and see I could be ready if I decided it isn't the junk OS that every other windows OS is. I run a guest with OVMF for UEFI and pass through a PCIE video card. Everything works fine. Challenge I am running into is I installed swt

Re: [vfio-users] VFIO Setup Suddenly Stopped Working On OpenSUSE Tumbleweed / AMD 3700X / Asus Prime X570-Pro / AMD Vega 64

2020-02-15 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Did you verify that your bios settings for virtualization were not reset? Original Message From: qe...@cock.li Sent: Sat Feb 15 08:12:14 PST 2020 To: vfio-users@redhat.com Subject: [vfio-users] VFIO Setup Suddenly Stopped Working On OpenSUSE Tumbleweed / AMD 3700X / Asus Prime

Re: [vfio-users] "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000a8"

2018-02-23 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
my guest, the guest would >start. So VGA passthrough is still working; the device that breaks the >kernel (for me anyway) is a PCI USB adapter. > >On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Brett Peckinpaugh >wrote: > >> So is the entire 4.15 kernel broken for vfio? >> &

Re: [vfio-users] "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000a8"

2018-02-23 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
So is the entire 4.15 kernel broken for vfio? On February 23, 2018 6:15:38 PM PST, Nick Sarnie wrote: >On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Will Marler wrote: >> I'm running Arch and updating recently has caused my VM to stop >booting. >> >> Watching journalctl I see this when I try to start the V

Re: [vfio-users] Awful boot times, current OVMF to blame?

2017-08-28 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
I have been using one from March last year. Do we know if there is to be an updates version with out the boot issue available soon? And would it be beneficial to update then? On August 28, 2017 9:47:52 AM PDT, Martin Schrodt wrote: >Hey John, > >thanks for the advice, I saw that the old version

Re: [vfio-users] Onboard sound card to my VM

2017-08-14 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Name one, I have looked. Everyone I saw was an old pci e version. On August 14, 2017 8:16:30 PM PDT, Alex Williamson wrote: >On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:07 PM, taii...@gmx.com >wrote: > >> >> I am not sure but I think there are no pci-e audio cards that support >> IOMMU AFAIK. >> > >False, espec

Re: [vfio-users] GPU Pass Through with KVM

2017-07-16 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Skylake has no iommu separation. The only way I got it to work was with that unsupported ACS patch. You might be able to get the host to run on the igd and passthrough the video card but odds are too many devices share the same root port. Have you read Alex's website guide? It helped me alot.

Re: [vfio-users] Another Nvidia code 43 error

2016-11-17 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Has anyone verified if the video card has uefi firmware? On November 17, 2016 7:33:32 AM PST, Thomas Mashos wrote: >Sorry, guess I didn't reply all last time. > >Just uninstalled the Nvidia driver and let windows search for and >install >the driver. Let it reboot a few times, no deal. Still code

Re: [vfio-users] Users of X99-boards, can you do me a small favor?

2016-10-04 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
What are you settling that fixes the Nvidia experience complaint? On October 4, 2016 9:15:56 AM PDT, Hristo Iliev wrote: >Hi Martin, > >Am 04.10.2016 10:09, schrieb Martin Schrodt: >> Hi Hristo, >> >>> No need to sleep/wake - my X99-based system starts with TSC >disabled: >>> >>> $ dmesg | gre

Re: [vfio-users] Z170X IOMMU Groups

2016-09-22 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Same here I have a ud5 that I would like a bios that does not need the ACS patch. On September 22, 2016 8:59:57 PM PDT, Wei Xu wrote: > > >On 2016年09月23日 02:47, Nick Sarnie wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> Very much to my surprise, Gigabyte replied and sent me a fixed BIOS. >The >> new IOMMU groups (w

Re: [vfio-users] Z170X IOMMU Groups

2016-09-16 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
So I might be able to drop the ACS patch now that 4.7 is out on Arch. On September 16, 2016 5:39:43 PM PDT, Alex Williamson wrote: >On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Nick Sarnie >wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was wondering if we could split group 7 any more. CPU is the 6700k. >I'd >> like to be able

Re: [vfio-users] Z170X IOMMU Groups

2016-09-16 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Running skylake myself and the IOMMU groups suck. Only options are the unsupported ACS patch or to passthrough the USB devices and leave the controller with the host. On September 16, 2016 5:30:38 PM PDT, Nick Sarnie wrote: >Hi, > >I was wondering if we could split group 7 any more. CPU is th

[vfio-users] VM Won't boot with 2 PCIE 1x cards installed.

2016-09-08 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
I am running Arch Linux, ACS patch on a Skylake system. I have some audio pop and crackle so wanted to try passing a sound card instead of routing the audio from my monitor to my speakers. I purchased an Asus Xonar PCI DGX. Chip is CMI8788. I can boot the host with it, or my USB card. But

Re: [vfio-users] Boot using second GPU?

2016-08-07 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
I an running a gigabyte z170 board and cannot set primary graphic card. Primary is what is in PCIe 1. On August 7, 2016 7:14:05 AM PDT, Rokas Kupstys wrote: >Thanks for reply. Since i am making a new build i am looking for proper >motherboard. One i sided with is from asus, but it seems asus >mo

Re: [vfio-users] Slowdown/stuttering since most recent fedora core updates

2016-07-08 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
What kernel are you running? 4.5 gave me audio crackle and none on 4.6. Also did the update you ran update the kernel? On July 8, 2016 11:22:10 AM PDT, Ethan Thomas wrote: >After changing to host-passthrough at the suggestion of someone on >reddit, >everything was working pretty well, I was ge

Re: [vfio-users] Nvidia glitches on Windows 10 guest

2016-06-21 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Are you using huge pages? On June 21, 2016 10:31:22 AM PDT, Berillions wrote: >Hi guys, > >I found where come from the issue. I have really in my PC 12Gb Memory >RAM >(but the issue exist with real 8Gb Memory Ram). > >If i give 4Gb or more to the VM, i have the glitches, corruption and >freeze.

Re: [vfio-users] Far Cry Primal

2016-06-13 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
That did it, added that to my config file and was able to get into the game. Thanks alot! On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Abdulla Bubshait wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:35 PM Brett Peckinpaugh > wrote: > >> So I should try adding to my boot command line igno

Re: [vfio-users] Far Cry Primal

2016-06-13 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 17:36 Jayme Howard wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've seen exactly the same behavior with DOOM. ignore_msrs fixed the >>>>> problem for me. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Brett Peckinpaugh >

[vfio-users] Far Cry Primal

2016-06-13 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
I wanted to see if anyone else has been able to play this on a VM. At this time it is the only one, and it forces a reboot. I have a ticket in with Ubisoft, but with their heavy handed DRM I am concerned it might be DRM. Was hoping to see if anyone has ran it to somewhat rule out the VM as being

Re: [vfio-users] VFIO and random host crashes

2016-05-18 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Are you monitoring processor utilization? 2 systems like you describe could tax a host. Maybe it is cpu starvation? On May 18, 2016 7:47:11 AM PDT, Colin Godsey wrote: >I’ve been running a dual gaming VM rig (2x dedicated GPU) for a little >bit >now, and everything works perfectly except when b

Re: [vfio-users] BSOD occuring with 1 game in VM

2016-05-11 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode set to 8.1? On May 11, 2016 5:26:19 AM PDT, Abdulla Bubshait wrote: >StarCraft and heroes are the two games that have this problem, they are >both based on the same engine. Unfortunately I cannot test the cpu >because >if I were to change my c

[vfio-users] Microphones Sounds Robotic

2016-05-09 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Recently had the chance to test video conferencing on my virtual windows. Running Arch 4.5.1 VFIO, passing through a PCIE USB card as well as video card. Ran into the issue video, and incoming audio are great. But everyone hears me as metallic or robotic. I tried both the mic from the Logitech C

Re: [vfio-users] IOMMU group question - different pcie slots gives different configuration

2016-05-09 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Alex, I am running the Arch VFIO kernel from aur and the ACS patch is working for my Skylake system. Will I not need the ACS patch with 4.7 or will I get a performance increase? On May 9, 2016 9:25:09 AM PDT, Alex Williamson wrote: >On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Jonas Camillus Jeppesen >

[vfio-users] Sound Options for Guest

2016-05-02 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
I was wondering what are some options for audio? Currently using the monitor, but want to use my speakers for better quality. The options I can think of are a PCIE soundcard or USB sound device. Are there any better options? Would a USB which is cheaper and not needed in the case blocking fans

Re: [vfio-users] VFIO and ARCH ?

2016-05-01 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
If it helps I am running Antergos and so far going well. I am in stability and optimization stage now. On May 1, 2016 12:29:09 PM PDT, Daniel Browne wrote: >The first time I started playing with VFIO I was using Manjaro. It >worked >well, the arch instructions should work for you. > >On Sun, Ma

Re: [vfio-users] VFIO not claiming device

2016-04-22 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
wanted to do this. 2016-04-23 0:10 GMT+02:00 Alex Williamson mailto:alex.l.william...@gmail.com>>: On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Brett Peckinpaugh mailto:erylfl...@gmail.com>> wrote: To start I am now running Arch with the VFIO kernel, I di

[vfio-users] VFIO not claiming device

2016-04-22 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
To start I am now running Arch with the VFIO kernel, I did not compile with the i915, my machine failed to boot with that last time. Currently I can't seem to get VFIO to claim the devices I want to pass-through. You can see kernel driver is still nvidia. I added my configs below. I even tr

Re: [vfio-users] Fedora 23 ACS Patch

2016-04-18 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
of the distros if i remember correctly. > He likely refers to a method to build a rpm directly and solely trough > the kernel's makefile. 'make rpm-pkg' is possible since as far as I can > remember, along with 'make deb-pkg' > > > On Apr 18, 2016 4:18

[vfio-users] Fedora 23 ACS Patch

2016-04-17 Thread Brett Peckinpaugh
Thanks for any help in advance. I am trying to create a patched kernel for Fedora 23. I have downloaded from the Kernel archive the 4.5.1 source files. I can compile to rpm, install and run from this source. When I attempt to patch I fail at different steps based on which ACS patch I try.