passthrough hardware advice please

[orangebanana]

Hi

I am looking to pass through:

• two SATA HDDs through to TrueNas - so am looking for a PCIe Sata card (PCIe 3.0x1).
• HDMI to Win11, and run a media PC as a VM on my server. (PCIe 4.0x16)

I've tried with a cheap old ebay SATA card and a NVidia GEForce 210 (dated 2009) and I think it doesn't work because one is cheap old ebay and the other is simply old!

What are relatively inexpensive cards that are known to work? (Proxmox 7.2.11)

Many thanks

 

[Dunuin]

What chipset is your mainbaord using? You probably can't use your 4x and 1x slots for PCI passthrough. That usually just works with PCIe slots directly connected to the CPU, which usually only the x16 slots are.

 

[orangebanana]

Motherboard is a Gigbyte H510M, so intel.

I managed to passthrough the graphics card, but it wouldn't start - code 43. My googling suggests that the Windows drivers don't support passthrough, and the card appears to be unsupported by NVidia own drivers that do support passthrough.

My old SATA card and any attached drives aren't seen by Proxmox, and I can't see any device when I run "lspci -v"

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4c53 (rev 01)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5000
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 0
        Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Expansion ROM at <ignored>
        Kernel driver in use: icl_uncore

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4c01 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 122, IOMMU group 1
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff [size=4K]
        Memory behind bridge: 63000000-640fffff [size=17M]
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000050000000-0000000061ffffff [size=288M]
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5000
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [220] Access Control Services
        Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
        Capabilities: [150] Precision Time Measurement
        Capabilities: [280] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [a00] Downstream Port Containment
        Capabilities: [a30] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [a90] Data Link Feature <?>
        Capabilities: [a9c] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?>
        Capabilities: [edc] Lane Margining at the Receiver <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 4c8b (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        DeviceName: Onboard - Video
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device d000
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 144, IOMMU group 2
        Memory at 62000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at 40000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
        Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit-
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
        Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
        Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 43ed (rev 11) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5007
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 128, IOMMU group 3
        Memory at 64400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [90] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
        Capabilities: [b0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=00 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci

00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 43ef (rev 11)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 3
        Memory at 64414000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
        Memory at 6441e000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 43e0 (rev 11)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 1c3a
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 142, IOMMU group 4
        Memory at 6441d000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [a4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: mei_me
        Kernel modules: mei_me

00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 43d2 (rev 11) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        DeviceName: Onboard - SATA
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device b005
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 126, IOMMU group 5
        Memory at 64418000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Memory at 6441c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        I/O ports at 5090 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 5080 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 5060 [size=32]
        Memory at 6441b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
        Kernel modules: ahci

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43bc (rev 11) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 123, IOMMU group 6
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: [disabled]
        Memory behind bridge: 64300000-643fffff [size=1M]
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [220] Access Control Services
        Capabilities: [150] Precision Time Measurement
        Capabilities: [a30] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [a00] Downstream Port Containment
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43b2 (rev 11) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 124, IOMMU group 7
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff [size=4K]
        Memory behind bridge: 64200000-642fffff [size=1M]
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [220] Access Control Services
        Capabilities: [150] Precision Time Measurement
        Capabilities: [a30] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [a00] Downstream Port Containment
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43b3 (rev 11) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 125, IOMMU group 8
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: [disabled]
        Memory behind bridge: [disabled]
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [220] Access Control Services
        Capabilities: [150] Precision Time Measurement
        Capabilities: [a30] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [a00] Downstream Port Containment
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4388 (rev 11)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 9

00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 43c8 (rev 11)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device a194
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 145, IOMMU group 9
        Memory at 64410000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Memory at 64100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [80] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl

00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 43a3 (rev 11)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 9
        Memory at 6441a000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c_i801

00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 43a4 (rev 11)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Other
        Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9
        Memory at 3f800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GT218 [GeForce 210]
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 10
        Memory at 63000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
        Memory at 50000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
        Memory at 60000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=32M]
        I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at 64000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci
        Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd High Definition Audio Controller
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17, IOMMU group 10
        Memory at 64080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp Device 5019 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp Device 5019
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, NUMA node 0, IOMMU group 11
        Memory at 64300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Memory at 64304000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/32 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=17 Masked-
        Capabilities: [c0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [150] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
        Capabilities: [1b8] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Capabilities: [300] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [900] L1 PM Substates
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
        Kernel modules: nvme

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Onboard Ethernet
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18, IOMMU group 12
        I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Memory at 64204000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at 64200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=4 Masked-
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
        Capabilities: [170] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Capabilities: [178] L1 PM Substates
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169

 

[Dunuin]

GT210 is too old. Passthough was driver-locked in the past so you are force to buy expensive tesla and quaddro cards for virtualization. A few years ago they removed this artificial limitation but if I remember right that unlocked driver only supports the 600 series and newer.