[TUTORIAL] GPU Passthrough HP EliteDesk 800 35W G2 CORE i5 vPro 6500T

[dbranko]

Dear friends,

This is my first post. At the beginning, I want to write a small tutorial. For several days and nights, I've been trying to set GPU passthrouth on HP EliteDesk 800 G2 CORE i5 vPro 6500T Skylake gen 9, and finally, I succeeded!

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Make sure the following is enabled in the BIOS: Intel VT-d


nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt textonly vfio_iommu_type1.allow_unsafe_interrupts=1 nofb nomodeset vfio-pci.ids=8086:1912 video=vesafb:off video=efifb:off video=simplefb:off"

update-initramfs -u /// then
update-grub ///

reboot
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Get VGA device ID:
lspci -nn | grep '\[03'
result = "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:1912] (rev 06)"

Put result vfio.conf: (in my case 8086:1912)

nano /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf

options vfio-pci ids=8086:1912 disable_vga=1

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nano /etc/modules

vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd

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nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist nouveau
blacklist nvidia
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist nvidia_drm
blacklist nouveau
blacklist i915

update-initramfs -u /// then
update-grub ///

reboot
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Get ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso

Create VM:



Make sure you add PCI Device (in my case Intel 530 GPU)
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Install Ubuntu.

cd /dev/dri
ls

In my case i have:


sudo vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD129
sudo vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD128

After checking them i'v got result from renderD129:

 

[leesteken]

video=vesafb:off video=efifb:off does nothing on Proxmox. vfio-pci.ids=8086:1912 is also in vfio.conf; no need to do it twice (but you might need a softdep in vfio.conf). Some of the other parameters are probably not necessary. vfio_virqfd is no longer a module since kernel 6.2. Blacklisting modules for NVidia GPUs is pointless when you passthrough an Intel.
Anyway, thank you for taking the trouble to write a tutorial!

 

[helio]

video=vesafb:off video=efifb:off does nothing on Proxmox. vfio-pci.ids=8086:1912 is also in vfio.conf; no need to do it twice (but you might need a softdep in vfio.conf). Some of the other parameters are probably not necessary. vfio_virqfd is no longer a module since kernel 6.2. Blacklisting modules for NVidia GPUs is pointless when you passthrough an Intel.
Anyway, thank you for taking the trouble to write a tutorial!

Dear friends,

This is my first post. At the beginning, I want to write a small tutorial. For several days and nights, I've been trying to set GPU passthrouth on HP EliteDesk 800 G2 CORE i5 vPro 6500T Skylake gen 9, and finally, I succeeded!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Make sure the following is enabled in the BIOS: Intel VT-d


nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt textonly vfio_iommu_type1.allow_unsafe_interrupts=1 nofb nomodeset vfio-pci.ids=8086:1912 video=vesafb:off video=efifb:off video=simplefb:off"

update-initramfs -u /// then
update-grub ///

reboot
------------------------------------------------
Get VGA device ID:
lspci -nn | grep '\[03'
result = "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:1912] (rev 06)"

Put result vfio.conf: (in my case 8086:1912)

nano /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf

options vfio-pci ids=8086:1912 disable_vga=1

-------------------------------------------------

nano /etc/modules

vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd

----------------------------------------------------

nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist nouveau
blacklist nvidia
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist nvidia_drm
blacklist nouveau
blacklist i915

update-initramfs -u /// then
update-grub ///

reboot
------------------------------------------------
Get ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso

Create VM:

View attachment 57507

Make sure you add PCI Device (in my case Intel 530 GPU)
-------------------------------------------------------
Install Ubuntu.

cd /dev/dri
ls

In my case i have:

View attachment 57508
sudo vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD129
sudo vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD128

After checking them i'v got result from renderD129:

View attachment 57509

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Hi ,thanks för the guide. Have you manage to pass the audio too? Thanks

 

[dbranko]

Hi ,thanks för the guide. Have you manage to pass the audio too? Thanks

No. Don't need that.

 

[jfergurson]

Thank you for this guide.

i'm trying to do this to a macos vm, and i get in a proxmox/macos/vm bootloop when i try to start my machine.

i've tried with and without rom-bar.

any suggestions?