Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough ? AMD-FX8, GA-990FXA-UD3, G210

[Andrew Bobulsky <rulerof@xxxxxxxxx>]

I mistyped that; it's a GA-990FX-UD7.

Carry on!

:)


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Andrew Bobulsky <rulerof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Adrien,
>
> I've been tinkering with  GA-990FX-GD70 the past few days, and its
> lspci is remarkably similar to yours!  Considering that the logical
> layout (from a PCI standpoint) should be identical, you should be able
> to get PCI passthrough to work.
>
> Without special patches, the gfx_passthru option won't work right, so
> leave it = 0, or undefined.  This will pass the PCIe video card as a
> secondary graphics adapter, and will work after your DomU OS boots up.
>  I can confirm that it works with my AMD gfx card on Windows 7, but
> haven't gotten it to work in Ubuntu DomU yet.  That may be a kernel
> thing.  Additionally, the sound device, which for me also shows up as
> 00:14.2, works equally as well.
>
> I might suggest you start by making sure you hide all the devices,
> boot your Dom0, then SSH into the box, start your VM, VNC into the VM,
> and try adding the devices one at a time with "xl pci-attach" (or "xm
> pci-attach").  I found this was easiest with a USB controller or the
> sound card.  Once you get one thing working, try adding more, and see
> what you get! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew Bobulsky
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Adrien Urban
> <adrien.urban@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Like many trying and posting here, I'm new to VGA passthrough.
>>
>> Computer was bought, checking compatibility from
>> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/VTd_HowTo
>> The hardware is mostly not exactly on the list, but mainly new versions of
>> the same series (I think).
>>
>>
>> IOMMU "seems" to be working (not 100% sure what to check).
>>
>> I used debian/wheezy kernel and xen, dom0 and HVM domu. Managed to get to
>> "see" audio and video from the DomU, but couldn't get it to "work".
>>
>> => screen wouldn't show anything
>> => mplayer can't find an audio card.
>>
>> If I don't hide the pci devices, i can get some sound working on dom0, and
>> have console working all right on it.
>>
>> If I try to pass the devices, I effectively have no screen left giving an
>> output for dom0, but the domU still doesn't show anything (tryed with
>> gfx_passthru).
>>
>> I'll be working on it until I figure there is a hardware problem, or get it
>> to work, but it might get easier if I could get some hints of what i'm doing
>> wrong, if it's something obvious for one of you.
>>
>> If anyone is willing to help, but need more input, just tell me what kind of
>> input you would need.
>>
>>
>>
>> Processor:
>>        Version: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor
>> Motherboard:
>>        Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>>        Product Name: GA-990FXA-UD3
>>
>> # lspci
>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD890 PCI to PCI
>> bridge (external gfx0 port B) (rev 02)
>> 00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD990 I/O Memory
>> Management Unit (IOMMU)
>> 00:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD890 PCI to PCI
>> bridge (PCI express gpp port H)
>> 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD890 PCI to PCI
>> bridge (external gfx1 port A)
>> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD890 PCI to PCI
>> bridge (NB-SB link)
>> 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 40)
>> 00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
>> 00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
>> 00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
>> 00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
>> 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller
>> (rev 42)
>> 00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller (rev 40)
>> 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia
>> (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
>> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0
>> LPC host controller (rev 40)
>> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI
>> Bridge (rev 40)
>> 00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
>> 00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900
>> PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
>> 00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900
>> PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
>> 00:15.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB900 PCI to PCI
>> bridge (PCIE port 2)
>> 00:15.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB900 PCI to PCI
>> bridge (PCIE port 3)
>> 00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
>> 00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
>> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
>> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Processor
>> Function 0
>> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Processor
>> Function 1
>> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Processor
>> Function 2
>> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Processor
>> Function 3
>> 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Processor
>> Function 4
>> 00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Processor
>> Function 5
>> 01:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
>> (rev 01)
>> 02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
>> (rev 02)
>> 02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
>> (rev 02)
>> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210]
>> (rev a2)
>> 03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller
>> (rev a1)
>> 04:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)]
>> IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)
>> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B
>> PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
>> 06:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
>> (rev 01)
>> #
>>
>> I passed :
>> 0000:03:00.0
>> 0000:03:00.1
>> 0000:00:14.2
>>
>>
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