[vfio-users] VFIO + ZFS build

[Alex Williamson]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Jouner Journer <journerforums at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm looking to build a box which can run ZFS on Linux in hypervisor, misc
> linux VMs, as well as a Windows vm for gaming.
>
> Is anyone doing video passthrough as well as running ZFSoL?  I've read ZFS
> requires specific kernel versions in Arch and am wondering if I'll run into
> compatibility issues.
>
> Also, this is the hardware I've selected... are there any blatant problems
> that stick out?  I've been toying with the idea of different processor
> (less cores, more speed), but figured more cores is better...  how about
> Radeon R9 390X... is it too new to be tested/confirmed?
>
> Given that it is xeon processor and motherboard supports VT-d/VT-x,
> motherboard and video card are uefi I'm hoping I will not run into too many
> issues with passthrough... at least hardware limited issues ;)
>
> ASRock EPC612D8A-TB SSI ATX Server Motherboard Socket LGA 2011 R3
> Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 Haswell-EP 2.4 GHz LGA 2011-3 85W BX80644E52630V3
> Server Processor
> SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 390X 100381OCL 8GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 2.2
> Slot, ATX Tri-X OC Version (UEFI) Video Card
>

New AMD GPUs seem to be pretty unhappy for most users, but the chipset and
CPU look like they should be well supported.
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