[vfio-users] new video card. vm wont boot

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 14:38, Roger Lawhorn <rll at twc.com> wrote:
>
> ok.
>
> $ grep VFIO config-5.4.43-050443-generic
> CONFIG_KVM_VFIO=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_VIRQFD=y
> CONFIG_VFIO=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_VGA=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_MMAP=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_INTX=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_IGD=y
> CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV=m
> CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE=m
> # CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY is not set
> # CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MDPY is not set
> # CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MDPY_FB is not set
> # CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS is not set
>
>
>
> so if it's built in, then why does it not load?
> I am thinking that they changed how you define vfio-pci options in some way.
> I define them in a config file in /etc/modprobe.d/ and then rebuild all
> ramdisks.
>

You need to build it as a module and not built in.
With it built in, the options need to be on the kernel boot line, and
not in the modprobe.d config files.