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

[Bronek Kozicki]

What is your distribution? It's all working for me:

root at gdansk ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep VFIO 
CONFIG_KVM_VFIO=y
CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1=m
CONFIG_VFIO_VIRQFD=m
CONFIG_VFIO=m
# CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU is not set
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI=m
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
root at gdansk ~ # uname -r
5.4.43-1-lts


B.

On Sun, 31 May 2020, at 4:45 AM, Roger Lawhorn wrote:
> ok, I got kernel 5.4 booted.
> They changed how raid0 works and I am one of the few that use raid0.
> 
> Anyway, vfio-pci is missing in kernel 5.4.
> Anyone know why?
> 
> 
> On 5/29/20 8:41 PM, Roger Lawhorn wrote:
> > This appears to be the navi reset bug.
> > Supposedly kernel 5.4 fixes this.
> > However, I am not able to upgrade beyond kernel 5.3.
> > Kernel 5.4 gets a raid error when trying to read my encryption key and 
> > I cannot type my passphrase in order to get booted.
> > Same with higher kernels.
> > Alas.
> >
> > I can sit and watch qemu reset endlessly while trying to boot the vm.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/28/20 1:02 PM, Roger Lawhorn wrote:
> >>
> >> ok,
> >>
> >> I removed all cards but the new one and turned off vfio.
> >> Linux boots but finds no driver and uses fbdev instead:
> >>
> >> $ inxi -G
> >> Graphics:
> >>   Device-1: AMD Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] driver: N/A
> >>   Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,fbdev
> >>   unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1024x768~76Hz
> >>   OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.8
> >>
> >>
> >> So at least its a working card.
> >>
> >> It still wont work with either vm.
> >>
> >> I am wondering if the nvidia gtx 980 ti oc (card for linux side) has 
> >> a hardware issue with the newer card.
> >> Not compatible.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/28/20 11:58 AM, Roger Lawhorn wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I upgraded from a radeon duo pro 8gb hbm to a radeon rx 5500.
> >>>
> >>> Neither the win10 vm nor the win7 vm will boot with this card 
> >>> installed.
> >>> The card is owned by vfio-pci on boot.
> >>> The script didnt need any changes as it shows up at the same 
> >>> hardware address as the last card.
> >>>
> >>> Very frustrated.
> >>>
> >>> This card is so new it is listed as not supported till kernel 5.4.
> >>> I am on kernel 5.3 and cannot get 5.4 to work.
> >>> But that is for just trying to get linux to use it.
> >>>
> >>> Windows should just boot in vga mode and then look for a windows 
> >>> update.
> >>>
> >>> I did try removing -vga none to force qemu to emulate a vga driver 
> >>> long enough to boot.
> >>> No dice. qemu wont pull up the normal vga window on the linux side.
> >>>
> >>> Something has got to give.
> >>>
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  Bronek Kozicki
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