I think I already know the answer to this question, but was hoping someone could verify this for me.
I am constantly having issues with pci passthrough to containers when trying to pass through a tv tuner PCI device:
It will work for a while, then randomly stop working, so I will have to restart it from scratch. Recently I decided to try using KVM for my TVtuner card, instead of a container.
So I start to setup PCI passthrough with KVM, and get to the following line:
This returns:
I reboot my machine and check the BIOS. I don't see IOMMU anywhere but after some research see it might be called AMD-V (since I have an AMD board). I look in my BIOS, but only see "virtualization", not amd-v. virtualization is enabled, but doubt that is the same as AMD-v. I searched through the MB manual, but nothing comes up. I went ahead and tried to pass through the PCI device anyway.. no luck.
Here is the hardware I am using:
I have a feeling that my hardware is too old, and does not support AMD-V. If that is the case, I suppose I will need to do a lot more troubleshooting on the DEVNODES issue. If anyone has more information, please let me know!
Thanks
I am constantly having issues with pci passthrough to containers when trying to pass through a tv tuner PCI device:
Code:
DEVNODES="dvb/adapter0/demux0:rw "
DEVNODES="dvb/adapter0/dvr0:rw "
DEVNODES="dvb/adapter0/frontend0:rw "
DEVNODES="dvb/adapter0/net0:rw "It will work for a while, then randomly stop working, so I will have to restart it from scratch. Recently I decided to try using KVM for my TVtuner card, instead of a container.
So I start to setup PCI passthrough with KVM, and get to the following line:
Code:
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Then run "dmesg | grep -e DMAR -e IOMMU" from the command line[/FONT][/COLOR]This returns:
Code:
Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup
PCI-DMA: using GART IOMMU.
PCI-DMA: Reserving 64MB of IOMMU area in the AGP apertureI reboot my machine and check the BIOS. I don't see IOMMU anywhere but after some research see it might be called AMD-V (since I have an AMD board). I look in my BIOS, but only see "virtualization", not amd-v. virtualization is enabled, but doubt that is the same as AMD-v. I searched through the MB manual, but nothing comes up. I went ahead and tried to pass through the PCI device anyway.. no luck.
Here is the hardware I am using:
Code:
Board Info: #2
Manufacturer: "Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd."
Product: "GA-M55SLI-S4"
Version: "x.x"
Socket: "Socket M2"
Socket Type: 0x10 (Socket 754)
Socket Status: Populated
Type: 0x03 (CPU)
Family: 0x1d (Athlon)
Manufacturer: "AMD"
Version: "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+"I have a feeling that my hardware is too old, and does not support AMD-V. If that is the case, I suppose I will need to do a lot more troubleshooting on the DEVNODES issue. If anyone has more information, please let me know!
Thanks
