[vfio-users] Recommendation for LGA2011 board

[Jonathan Scruggs]

I second all the Asrock comments. I always hear good things about those
boards and virtualisation compatibility. I have a GA-X99-UD4, which works
very well with VT-d, but I wouldn't recommend it because I have the first
revision and it seems to loose UEFI boot memory. As in, when I had Windows
on it barebones, it sometimes wouldn't boot because it'd forget
EFI/Microsoft/boox64.efi location. If you have the default
EFI/boot/bootx64.efi, then you are fine as that is always default. Changing
the boot order can even make it not boot and require a bios reset.

However, I needed a board that I could plug in three video cards and a 1x
PCI sound card (USB ones are crap on passthrough). It was the only one I
could find at the time. I'm looking to upgrade it and hopefully solve my
issues.

Cheers.

On 23 May 2016 at 19:20, Brian Yglesias <brian at atlanticdigitalsolutions.com>
wrote:

> I have another thread whereby I try and fail to get vfio/VT-d working on
> two separate lga1366 boards.  (Asus Rampage II Gene and GA-EX58-UD5; both
> due to broken BIOS).
>
> I was considering a rampage III, also 1366/X58, which is reported to work,
> or an OEM system, bug given some of the issues with X58, I'm starting to
> feel like I should just pony up for a new platform.
>
> However, since the GB board was also reported to work with Linux (albeit
> different kernel version from ), I'm worried about pulling the trigger and
> getting stuck with a 3rd incompatible board.
>
> As such, I was hoping someone here could recommend something that is
> working for them right now in the 2011 size.
>
> I'd like 3 x16 ports and dual lan, but those aren't deal breakers.  I'd
> rather stay away from brand new flagship stuff, for reasons of cost.  that
> said, my main concern is that it can be made to work, without crafting glue
> and rubber bands.  ;)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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