Re: HOW-TO make dual-boot obsolete using XEN VGA passthrough
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:03 am
@Boggler:
virt-manager: I've tried it in conjunction with the VGA passthrough how-to over on www.overclock.net where it works with Fedora. I found it easier to just write my own domU.cfg file, because that is all there is to creating a VM. It's clear text, easy to modify, and you know exactly what it means (or can check the meaning of each entry). I found virt-manager to be confusing. The good side of virt-manager is its integrated VNC viewer and the control panel for running VMs, with graphs and all that.
Marvell SATA controller: Oh I should have recalled that, I think you mentioned it earlier. I had exactly the same problem (my board also sports a Marvell SATA controller, one with the bug). I decided to not bother with it and disabled it in the BIOS. Then I installed a USB/SATA PCIe controller card - problem solved. I hope this bug fix (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/22/685) will soon be released with a kernel update.
It's absolutely great that you made it work with KVM - it really doesn't matter much which hypervisor you use, as long as it works! As a side note, I managed - for the first time - get primary passthrough working with KVM and a AMD 7770 card.
Please post an update on the progress with sound.
virt-manager: I've tried it in conjunction with the VGA passthrough how-to over on www.overclock.net where it works with Fedora. I found it easier to just write my own domU.cfg file, because that is all there is to creating a VM. It's clear text, easy to modify, and you know exactly what it means (or can check the meaning of each entry). I found virt-manager to be confusing. The good side of virt-manager is its integrated VNC viewer and the control panel for running VMs, with graphs and all that.
Marvell SATA controller: Oh I should have recalled that, I think you mentioned it earlier. I had exactly the same problem (my board also sports a Marvell SATA controller, one with the bug). I decided to not bother with it and disabled it in the BIOS. Then I installed a USB/SATA PCIe controller card - problem solved. I hope this bug fix (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/22/685) will soon be released with a kernel update.
It's absolutely great that you made it work with KVM - it really doesn't matter much which hypervisor you use, as long as it works! As a side note, I managed - for the first time - get primary passthrough working with KVM and a AMD 7770 card.
Please post an update on the progress with sound.