[vfio-users] Radeon R9 290 passthrough to Win10 guest - bsod/reboot on driver install

[Quentin Deldycke]

What do you mean by : "I have a start up script that sorts out the
registers and means I almost never have to hard reset".

Can we have a peak at it :) ? I have sometimes bsod at boot (when the
windows desktop loads, all time i need to go to safe mode, uninstall,
reboot, reinstal)

--
Deldycke Quentin


On 18 April 2016 at 15:40, Bob Dawes <xochipilli4 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This guy has got it exactly. Could hardly do any reboot related task
> without at least one bsod until I used an ioh3420 root port and both
> functions of the card together under the root port.
>
> In the end I tracked it down to the registers and the root port having
> different link description registers after some reboots. Since they share
> the same physical link this could have unpredictable results plus I even
> caught the windows drivers making direct accesses to the root port
> registers during link setup. You are stuck with certain config parameters
> defined by the fake root port but they aren't important assuming your card
> can handle a minimal link payload.
>
> I have a start up script that sorts out the registers and means I almost
> never have to hard reset, but suggest you try a simple set up first as it's
> not great practice to setpci your registers. The other thing I can
> recommend if you are having problems is to force all your pcie cards to
> have safe MaxPayload parameters by adding pci=pcie_bus_peer2peer to your
> kernel command line - as making those vary between root / both card
> functions is a guaranteed qemu boot BSOD for me. The problem we're having
> tends to emerge because the cards can't be fully reset and so tend to go
> out of line. Keeping them together in the client etc. really helps as does
> having minimal non-agressive parameters for things such as MaxPayload.
>
> For the avoidance of doubt - I can do whatever the hell I want and it
> still works. I can even boot with fglrx and then rebind to vfio. I have to
> bind the root port to pci-stub if I put ASPM on the root port as the linux
> drivers start messing with stuff - but even that is manageable.
>
> It's a bit different with PCI-e2 boards vs the 100 series board I have,
> but I suspect the principles hold regardless. Good luck!
>
>
> On 18/04/16 01:47, Stewart Adam wrote:
>
>> I faced similar issues with my R270, in my case *entirely removing* the
>> vmport=off option (its presence alone caused issues) and attaching the GPU
>> to a ioh3420 device instead of directly to the PCI bus fixed the issue:
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/2015-December/msg00211.html
>>
>> Like many of you mention, I tried several versions from both Catalyst and
>> Crimson and all failed without those two elements in my configuration.
>> Without them, I experienced all sorts of hangs and BSODs on driver
>> installation or boot-up. It's worked flawlessly, even after several guest
>> reboots, since adding them.
>>
>> This thread from January is also be relevant:
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/2016-January/msg00191.html
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stewart
>>
>> On 2016-04-17 6:15 PM, Ryan Flagler wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I ran an R9 280 with only the reboot issue. I believe the most important
>>> settings for me were using the i440fx chipset and the uefi bios.
>>>
>>
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