Re: [vfio-users] Win7: Mouse wheel stops working after installing nvidia drivers

2018-06-21 Thread Mark
u > prepare to resize a window) > > On 06/21/2018 06:28 PM, Mark wrote: > > Hello, I start a VM with UEFI and install windows 7. Mouse wheel > works. I > > shutdown VM, add the nvidia GPU and start VM then install nvidia drivers. > > Shutdown again, modify the xml fil

Re: [vfio-users] Win7: Mouse wheel stops working after installing nvidia drivers

2018-06-21 Thread Mark
stops working after messing with fundamental addressing in the > XML files. > > Kash > > > On 2018-06-21 06:28 PM, Mark wrote: > > Hello, I start a VM with UEFI and install windows 7. Mouse wheel works. > I shutdown VM, add the nvidia GPU and start VM then install nvidia &

[vfio-users] Win7: Mouse wheel stops working after installing nvidia drivers

2018-06-21 Thread Mark
Hello, I start a VM with UEFI and install windows 7. Mouse wheel works. I shutdown VM, add the nvidia GPU and start VM then install nvidia drivers. Shutdown again, modify the xml file via virsh and reboot. Passthrough works but the scroll wheel has stopped working. Driving me kinda bonkers I co

[vfio-users] Win7 install no longer working

2018-01-02 Thread Mark
Fedora 27, qemu-kvm 2.10.1-2.fc27, libvirt 3.7.0, edk2-ovmf 5.fc27. This appears to be related to the VBE 'shim' for UEFI installs. The installation process will not go past the windows flag screen. It is the same win7 installation ISO that I've successfully been using for 2 years. If I remove t

[vfio-users] Something killed passthrough part 2

2017-12-29 Thread Mark
Recently I updated my arch linux machine and now passthrough is not working. I've read these archives all the way back this thread, to no avail: https://www.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/2017-August/msg00021.html Did a complete arch reinstall and got the code 10. Have done a complete fresh clea

Re: [vfio-users] Linux 4.8.x

2016-10-23 Thread Mark Weiman
Nevermind, I made a pair of patches that *seem* to work. [1] Mark Weiman [1] http://duna.markzz.net/vfio-patches/ ___ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users

Re: [vfio-users] Linux 4.8.x

2016-10-22 Thread Mark Weiman
On Sat, 2016-10-22 at 17:54 +, Philip Abernethy wrote: > Hi Mark, > > as far as I'm aware the ACS patch is part of the mainline kernel since 4.7. > I'm currently running a VM that requires > ACS in its current configuration and I'm just using the linux

[vfio-users] Linux 4.8.x

2016-10-22 Thread Mark Weiman
. Is there an updated patch for this kernel series or am I out of luck? Mark Weiman ___ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users

Re: [vfio-users] Strange behavior with recent update. ACS(?) & VFIO

2016-08-02 Thread Mark
m thinking this was the case, as re-doing initramfs seemed to fix the issue. The kernel had been upgraded to 4.6.4-1. On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Mark wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Today I updated my arch lin

Re: [vfio-users] Strange behavior with recent update. ACS(?) & VFIO

2016-08-02 Thread Mark
​Thank you Samuel. The initramfs had been regenerated. It got to the point where I had to remove ​vfio (and associated modules) from mkinitcpio.conf to restore the audio devices to the host (for pulse audio to detect). 1. My cmdline is: initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=PARTUUID=--**

[vfio-users] Strange behavior with recent update. ACS(?) & VFIO

2016-08-02 Thread Mark
Hi, Today I updated my arch linux system. It had only been a week since the last update. Not notices applicable to my update had been posted. My setup is a Intel i7-4790S, ASRock mobo supporting vt-d and all the goodies. I have libvirt using virt-manager for my win7 VM, with nvidia 750 gpu and

[vfio-users] Slow performance on VM win7 install

2016-04-04 Thread Mark
Hello, I've had this problem consistently in both ubuntu server and arch (fresh installs this week). When booting a brand new VM and the win7 iso attached to cdrom, I am getting extremely poor performance. The first 'Windows is loading files...' screen takes about 3 full seconds to fill the progr

[vfio-users] Arch Linux: linux-vfio-{,lts} from [markzz]

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Weiman
acation and will not build the new versions of the kernel until I return in March. Mark Weiman ___ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users

Re: [vfio-users] Poor Performance and freeze ingame with NVIDIA and 4570K

2016-02-08 Thread Mark Billington
Hi Mario, Would you be able to give some libvirt XML examples for the iothread implementation you've settled with? Ive played around with iothreads to increase disk performance in my VMs but it never made any difference. I think im missing a small piece of config so your implementation would defini

Re: [vfio-users] Fixing IOMMU Grouping ?

2015-12-31 Thread Mark Weiman
Kernel version? Is it a patched version? Where (if applicable) did you obtain the kernel? Operating system? Computer specifications? Your message is a little vague, but it sounds like you may not be using a patched kernel (with Alex's acs patch) and that may be your problem. Mark Weiman O

[vfio-users] VCPU pinning without libvirt or root access.

2015-12-29 Thread Mark
Hello, I've been trying to find the qemu command to pin VCPUs to certain cores/threads, but my google skills are coming up short. Everything points me to modifying a xml file (libvirt) or using virt-manager. The target system does not use libvirt. The only other alternative I've found (from this

[vfio-users] Boot from passed through HBA\SATA Controller

2015-12-21 Thread Mark Billington
I wish to boot from a passed through HDD controller using libvirt\Qemu. I can run through OS installations fine (both windows and linux), but on reboot at the point it would boot from the HDD, it doesn't find a boot device. Is there a trick to get this working? an extra string I need to add into th

Re: [vfio-users] Passthrough of the only GPU

2015-12-16 Thread Mark Weiman
lution is to get a cheap second video card if possible and using that for the host. Mark Weiman ___ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users

[vfio-users] Poor disk (SSD) performance inside Windows VM

2015-12-16 Thread Billington, Mark
Hi vfio-users. Bit of background... Im quite new to the world of libvirt\kvm\qemu etc and have a background in vmware. Ive used Unraid for quite a while and they've recently implemented VM support via libvirt, which led me down the path of virtualising my office PC and my media centre. My Host

Re: [vfio-users] USB passthrough failing on ovmf

2015-12-13 Thread Mark Weiman
llent suggestion and I shall give that a try. Although I could see possibly buying one and using PCI passthrough for that card (since the things that would be plugged into it I only use in a VM) and seeing if that works better. Mark Weiman signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed mess

Re: [vfio-users] USB passthrough failing on ovmf

2015-12-07 Thread Mark Weiman
> Here's my XML config: > > > I'm having similar issues with USB passthrough, I also hae issues then adding the device with usb_add in QEMU Monitor where the device connects and reconnects over and over. Mark Weiman signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed m