[vfio-users] vga pass-thru and different gfx cards.

[Jon Panozzo]

I agree that it would have been nicer if the ROM’s were just publicly available (for EVGA), but I didn’t have to “register” like you did.  I just e-mailed support, they asked me for the serial number over e-mail, which I provided, and that was it.  The super-fast response time won me over.

I too used to lean toward Asus brand boards, but nowadays I find myself using Gigabyte, ASRock, and SuperMicro for my virtualization-heavy systems.

> On Sep 10, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Alex Williamson <alex.l.williamson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Jon Panozzo <jonp at lime-technology.com <mailto:jonp at lime-technology.com>> wrote:
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> On the flip side, I had an NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti that I bought from EVGA which did not have UEFI support (much older card as well).  Within 15 minutes of e-mailing support at evga.com <mailto:support at evga.com>, I received a reply with a new firmware and instructions on how to load it which indeed added UEFI support and was fully functional in my VMs using OVMF.
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> I found it annoying that I had to register my card, including the serial number, and only then could I file a support ticket to get a UEFI ROM for my GTX660 from EVGA.  I really would have preferred that it was just available for download.  On the other hand, I got a reply quickly that included the necessary update file without any back and forth, and it worked.  I suppose raising the bar to that level avoids a lot of users grabbing the update and flashing their card for no reason.
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> From our own user community, we’ve also seen multiple reports of bad experiences using ASUS-brand GPUs and motherboards when attempting GPU pass through, which is really a shame, because I used to think of Asus as a pretty decent brand.  Not saying that they are all bad, but if I was buying new hardware, I’d steer clear of them.  Just my 2 cents.
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> Good to know.  Somehow I often seem to end up picking Asus for motherboards, but I generally have a few negative experiences with each and every one.

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