[vfio-users] How to choose a compatible motherboard?

Zycorax Tokoroa zycorax at phoxden.xyz
Wed Oct 21 17:45:40 UTC 2015


Skylake processors had issues iirc, there was another thread reporting
problems about unsafe interrupts. Also, as per AW's blog, E5 are
recommended due to the root port isolation, if affordable

Il 21/10/2015 19:26, Corey Larson ha scritto:
> I am in a position where I can do a new build with this technology in
> mind. How do I go about picking a motherboard that will have the best
> compatibility to do vfio?
> 
> Currently, my plan is to use this board:
> https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H170-PRO-GAMING/specifications/. I
> plan to add an additional GPU (NVidia GTX 960) for the guest, and use
> the integrated Intel graphics to drive Linux. I also plan to make use of
> OVMF to avoid the Intel VGA arbitration patch.
> 
> I appreciate any information you can share with me to help guide me!
> 




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