Hi everybody. This is my first time with GPU passthrough.
Ryzen5
Gigabyte X570 Auros Pro (Latest Bios, with all SMT etc enabled)
Sapphire RX 570 Nitro+ 8GB
XTX RX580 OC 8GB`
I’m trying to pass my RX 580 to the VM and leave RX 570 for my system.
Unfortunately I didn’t knew that these two cards will get same identifier which would give me extra headache…
I’ve been following this excellent guide by Mr wendell:
vfio-in-2019-pop-os-how-to-general-guide-though-draft/142287
After executing:
update-initramfs -u
I’ve got
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/navi12_vcn.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_vcn.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/navi12_smc.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_smc.bin for module amdgpu`
This shouldn’t concern me as navi12 is not my card so I’ve tried
lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-26-generic |grep vfio
result:
usr/lib/modules/5.4.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/vfio
usr/lib/modules/5.4.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev
usr/lib/modules/5.4.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev.ko
usr/lib/modules/5.4.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.ko
so I’ve added
vfio-pci, vfio and vfio_iommu_type1
to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
and rerun previous commands. No luck.
I’ve decided to see if these are /lib/modules/5.4.0-26-generic/
running sudo find . *| grep vfio
gave me:
./kernel/drivers/vfio
./kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev
./kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev.ko
./kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.ko
kernel/drivers/vfio
kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev
kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev.ko
kernel/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.ko
I don’t know if that’s correct so I checked which options were used in kernel
CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1=y
CONFIG_VFIO_VIRQFD=y
CONFIG_VFIO=y
CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_VGA=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_MMAP=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_INTX=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_IGD=y
CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV=m
CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE=m
CONFIG_IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER=y
CONFIG_VIRT_DRIVERS=y
# CONFIG_VBOXGUEST is not set
CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_PMEM=m
CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT=m
CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES=y
I don’t know why I don’t have vfio-pci and vifio_iommu_type1
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks!