During pci passthrough, the VM does not start with qm, but it can with run /usr/bin/kvm.

jic5760

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Running the qm start command or from the GUI throws a `got timeout` error and the VM does not start.
However, if run the following command directly in the shell, it will work.

```
/usr/bin/kvm -id 1003 -name pc-01 -no-shutdown -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/1003.qmp,server=on,wait=off' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -chardev 'socket,id=qmp-event,path=/var/run/qmeventd.sock,reconnect=5' -mon 'chardev=qmp-event,mode=control' -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/1003.pid -daemonize -smbios 'type=1,uuid=...' -drive 'if=pflash,unit=0,format=raw,readonly=on,file=/usr/share/pve-edk2-firmware//OVMF_CODE.fd' -drive 'if=pflash,unit=1,format=raw,id=drive-efidisk0,size=131072,file=/dev/zvol/datastore/vm-1003-disk-0' -smp '6,sockets=1,cores=6,maxcpus=6' -nodefaults -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000,splash=/usr/share/qemu-server/bootsplash.jpg' -vnc 'unix:/var/run/qemu-server/1003.vnc,password=on' -no-hpet -cpu 'host,+aes,hv_ipi,hv_relaxed,hv_reset,hv_runtime,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_stimer,hv_synic,hv_time,hv_vapic,hv_vpindex,+kvm_pv_eoi,+kvm_pv_unhalt' -m 10240 -readconfig /usr/share/qemu-server/pve-q35-4.0.cfg -device 'vmgenid,guid=...' -device 'vfio-pci,host=0000:0d:00.0,id=hostpci0,bus=ich9-pcie-port-1,addr=0x0,rombar=0' -device 'qxl-vga,id=vga,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1' -chardev 'socket,path=/var/run/qemu-server/1003.qga,server=on,wait=off,id=qga0' -device 'virtio-serial,id=qga0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8' -device 'virtserialport,chardev=qga0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0' -object 'rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0' -device 'virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0,max-bytes=1024,period=1000,bus=pci.1,addr=0x1d' -device 'virtio-serial,id=spice,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9' -chardev 'spicevmc,id=vdagent,name=vdagent' -device 'virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0' -spice 'tls-port=61000,addr=127.0.0.1,tls-ciphers=HIGH,seamless-migration=on' -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:533295ae3b52' -drive 'if=none,id=drive-ide0,media=cdrom,aio=io_uring' -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0,id=ide0,bootindex=101' -device 'virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsihw0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5' -drive 'file=/dev/zvol/datastore/vm-1003-disk-1,if=none,id=drive-scsi0,cache=writethrough,discard=on,format=raw,aio=io_uring,detect-zeroes=unmap' -device 'scsi-hd,bus=scsihw0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0,id=scsi0,rotation_rate=1,bootindex=100' -drive 'file=/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-Samsung_SSD_970_PRO_1TB...,if=none,id=drive-scsi1,format=raw,cache=none,aio=io_uring,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'scsi-hd,bus=scsihw0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=1,drive=drive-scsi1,id=scsi1' -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap1003i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,downscript=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridgedown,vhost=on' -device 'virtio-net-pci,mac=...,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0' -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime' -machine 'type=pc-q35-6.1+pve0' -global 'kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard'
```

```
$ ps aux | grep 'id 1003'
root 3877349 1.0 0.0 293868 41732 ? SLl 00:05 0:00 /usr/bin/kvm -id 1003
root 3877369 52.0 1.2 11324492 1063092 ? RLl 00:05 0:01 /usr/bin/kvm -id 1003

$ ps tree

├─kvm(3877369)─┬─{kvm}(3877370)
│ ├─{kvm}(3877778)
│ ├─{kvm}(3877779)
│ ├─{kvm}(3877780)
│ ├─{kvm}(3877781)
│ ├─{kvm}(3877782)
│ ├─{kvm}(3877783)
│ └─{kvm}(3877784)
├─pvedaemon(3875)─┬─pvedaemon worke(2840086)───task UPID:pve-n(3877295)───task UPID:pve-n(3877348)───kvm(3877349+
│ ├─pvedaemon worke(2840087)
```

# cat /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf
```
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1b80,10de:10f0,1912:0015 disable_vga=1
```

# lspci
```
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1b80,10de:10f0,1912:0015 disable_vga=10d:00.0 0c03: 1912:0015 (rev 02) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18, NUMA node 0, IOMMU group 44
Memory at fb300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=8 Masked-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [150] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
```

# cat /proc/cmdline
```
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.11.22-1-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro quiet pcie_aspm=off intel_iommu=on iommu=pt
```

There is no output to dmesg.
 

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