[vfio-users] Code 43 when using Quadro K420 on another system.

[Eddie Yen]

Problem solved!

After I moved the GPU to DELL Server, everything is back.
Seems like previous server can't keep BMC as primary video output. But DELL
had this option to choose.
If BMC keeps enable on DELL server, GPU will not be controlled by any
drivers, even no blacklist to them.

Anyway thanks for help!

Eddie.

2017-06-13 15:00 GMT+08:00 P. Pronk <vfio at pronk.nl>:

>
> Hi Eddie,
> Sorry, I just noticed I wrote 'comment out' but I meant to say comment
> them. So no GRUB_GFXMODE should be enabled.
>
> That works for me with a RX480, but maybe your K420 behaves different..
>
> Kind rgds, Pim
>
>
>
> On 13/06/17 07:58, Eddie Yen wrote:
>
> Hi Pim,
>
> This is what I goning to write and solved vesafb issue on this working.
>
> Not only set video=vesafb:off, but also need to set following settings in
> GRUB.
>
> GRUB_TERMINAL=console
> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text
>
> Even that, The monitor still shows on K420 and I still got Code 43 in the
> VM.
> At least it solved BAR 3 issue.
>
> I never tried GRUB_GFXMODE yet, I'll give it a shot.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> 2017-06-13 13:47 GMT+08:00 Pim Pronk <vfio at pronk.nl>:
>
>>
>> Could you try to edit /etd/default/grub and comment out all GRUB_GFXMODE=
>> lines and add GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text". Afterwards run update-grub.
>>
>> This works for me on Ubuntu to passthrough my primary gpu.
>>
>> With kidn rgds, Pim
>>
>> On 13/06/17 04:02, Eddie Yen wrote:
>>
>> After tried video=vesafb:off, nomodeset, or nofb, still have no luck.
>> vesafb still occupying the card......
>>
>> Okay, need to find another way, trying to set BMC as primary VGA.
>>
>> Anyway thanks for help, at least I had the way to solve it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eddie.
>>
>> 2017-06-13 9:44 GMT+08:00 Alex Williamson <alex.l.williamson at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Eddie Yen <missile0407 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alex, thanks for the reply!
>>>>
>>>> I realized that primary VGA is usually controlled by BIOS, that mean
>>>> can choose discrete GPU or BMC as primary VGA.
>>>> Unfortunately this server doesn't include this option. So that I can't
>>>> choose BMC as primary VGA, and seems like can't setup vesafb to use BMC
>>>> manually.
>>>>
>>>> I'll try video=vesafb:off to see what happen.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, IME K2000 and higher need to be a secondary card in guest, is now
>>>> still a same or it already can be primary card so that no QXL or something?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Correct, supported configs with Quadro assign the device as secondary in
>>> the guest.
>>>
>>
>>
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