On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 5:01 AM, Blank Field <ihatethisfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 2, 2016 12:53 AM, "Zir Blazer" <zir_bla...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > If I recall correctly, doing VGA Passthrough in Linux presented > different issues that those that you're used to in Windows. The major > difference was that Windows and the Video Card Drivers doesn't mind if you > do something like attaching a 2014 PCI Express Video Card directly to the > 1996 440FX PCI Host Bridge, a configuration that is physically impossible, > but that in virtualized enviroments works in a miracleously way simply > because PCI and PCIe are compatible at the protocol level. > > I can confirm that, i remember a slide from AW's presentation where it is > said that windows doesn't care about topology, but linux does. > It was one of the reasons why the Q35 machine could be desired. > > Also, it is retarded, but possible to attach ioh3402s to 440FX. On the > other side, with Q35 you get better USB and AHCI(sata) controllers. > Which you don't care about because of virtio-scsi existence. > Hmm, I have tried passing through GPU to SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 the same way I did on Windows 10, on plain i440FX and had no issues. Even the installation process of the guest ran directly on my real monitor. Here's the exact script that I use at that time [1]. [1] http://pastebin.com/nvihTuAz Best regards, Okky Hendriansyah
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