I have 2 identical nic cards but I only wish to pass through one of them (not both). Unfortunately the vfio.conf file would point to both instances of the card as they they same xxxx:yyyy code and therefore I presume load the vfio-pci driver for both cards.
I wish to pass through card 04:00 but not 06:00; Is there a way I can force only one card to load the vfio-pci driver with the other loading the e1000e driver? Note: they both have id of 8086:a01f.
My only other idea is swap out one of the intel cards for another no brand NIC card (which is less than perfect). I am sure there must be a better way to identify the specific card.
Code:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10d3]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter [8086:a01f]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e
05:00.0 IDE interface [0101]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA III 6Gb/s RAID Controller [1b4b:917a] (rev 11)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 88SE9172 SATA III 6Gb/s RAID Controller [1043:8477]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci, pata_acpi
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10d3]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter [8086:a01f]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000eI wish to pass through card 04:00 but not 06:00; Is there a way I can force only one card to load the vfio-pci driver with the other loading the e1000e driver? Note: they both have id of 8086:a01f.
My only other idea is swap out one of the intel cards for another no brand NIC card (which is less than perfect). I am sure there must be a better way to identify the specific card.
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