diff --git a/README.org b/README.org deleted file mode 100644 index f091e0f..0000000 --- a/README.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,261 +0,0 @@ -*** Resources from [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF][ArchWiki]] and [[https://github.com/joeknock90/Single-GPU-Passthrough][joeknock's passthrough guide]] -* Set up IOMMU -** Enable IOMMU -**** Load /etc/default/grub and append "intel_iommu=on" or "amd_iommu=on" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Also, "iommu=pt". -**** Update grub configuration. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg -#+END_SRC -** Verify IOMMU is enabled successfully -**** You should see "IOMMU enabled" in output. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - dmesg | grep -i -e DMAR -e IOMMU | grep enabled -#+END_SRC -* Set up VM -** Installation -**** Install the required packages. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo pacman -S qemu libvirt edk2-ovmf virt-manager dnsmasq ebtables iptables -#+END_SRC -**** Get virtio drivers ready -***** You can't install Windows without virtio drivers. Click [[https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso][here]] to download. -***** YOu need to add it to VM CDROM. You'll get "Media driver missing" error when installing Windows. Select '/virtio-disk/amd64/win10' -***** Install virtio drivers from CDROM after installing Windows to get everything working.. -** Starting services -**** Enable and start libvirt service -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo systemctl enable libvirtd - sudo systemctl start libvirtd -#+END_SRC -** Start default network -**** This may not be needed. If default network isn't started by default for you, start the network manually. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo virsh net-start default - sudo virsh net-autostart default -#+END_SRC -** Setup Guest OS -***** Launch virt-manager, and start creating guest. On final step, check "Customize before install". -***** > In the "Overview" section, set Chipset to "Q35" and firmware to "UEFI". -***** > In the "CPUs" section, change CPU model to "host-passthrough". You need to type it manually. According to Arch Wiki, this makes sure that the CPU is detected properly. Without it, some applications may complain about your CPU being of an unknown model. You might also need to setup "CPU tolpology" manually if VM only uses one core when you've assigned it more. -***** > Set Disk Bus of Storage to "virtio". -***** > Set NIC Device Model to "virtio". -***** Now, you can *Begin Installation*. You can continue installing Windows right now or after setting up Passthrough. -** Attach PCI devices -**** Remove devices such as Spice Channel, XQL video adaper, USB tablet, etc. -**** Click on "Add Hardware" and add PCI devices for GPU and HDMI Audio. For NVIDIA GPU, GPU ROM should be patched. See next section. -** NVIDIA GPU Patching -**** Dump GPU VBIOS -Using GPU-Z in Windows is the easiest method of dumping VBIOS. You can also download vBIOS from [[https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/][TechPowerUp]] (didn't work for me). \\ -The following command didn't work for me but it's worth trying. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - su - echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/rom - cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/rom > vbios.rom - echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/rom -#+END_SRC -**** Patch VBIOS file -Use Hex Editor and search string "VIDEO", and remove everything before char *U*, i.e. HEX value *55*. - -**** Using Patched VBIOS file -You need to edit configution file of VM. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo virsh edit win10 -#+END_SRC -Search for *hostdev*. Add -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - -#+END_SRC -before *
* tag. -** Keyboard/mouse Passthrough -**** You need to modify libvirt configuration. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo virsh edit win10 -#+END_SRC -Modify first line -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - -#+END_SRC -to -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - -#+END_SRC -**** Find your keyboard and mouse devices. Use the devices having *event* in their name. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - ls /dev/input/by-id/ -#+END_SRC -**** Verify you selected the right device by using following command. You should see output on terminal when using that device.. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - cat /dev/input/by-id/your_device -#+END_SRC -**** Add devices to the configuration. Add it before closing tag Replace "MOUSE_NAME" and "KEYBOARD_NAME" with your device id. -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - - - - - - -#+END_SRC -**** Switch from PS/2 to virtio inputs. Add it before mouse/keyboard ps2 config. -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - -
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- -#+END_SRC -**** Include these devices in qemu config. You can replace entire file. -#+BEGIN_SRC conf - user = "your_username" - group = "kvm" - - cgroup_device_acl = [ - "/dev/kvm", - "/dev/input/by-id/KEYBOARD_NAME", - "/dev/input/by-id/MOUSE_NAME", - "/dev/null", "/dev/full", "/dev/zero", - "/dev/random", "/dev/urandom", - "/dev/ptmx", "/dev/kvm", "/dev/kqemu", - "/dev/rtc","/dev/hpet", "/dev/sev" - ] -#+END_SRC -** Add user to different groups -**** Add user to groups input, kvm, libvirt to make sure it has access to required config and devices. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo usermod -aG input,kvm,libvirt username -#+END_SRC -Restart libvirtd service -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo systemctl restart libvirtd -#+END_SRC -* Libvirt Hooks -***** Libvirt hooks automates the process of running specific tasks during VM startup and shutdown. -Replace *win10* with your guestname. \\ Find GPU kernel modules using command -#+BEGIN_SRC bash -lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12 | grep modules -#+END_SRC -**** Create libvirt hook -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo mkdir /etc/libvirt/hooks/ - sudo touch /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu -#+END_SRC -***** Add following content to the qemu hook -More at: [[https://passthroughpo.st/simple-per-vm-libvirt-hooks-with-the-vfio-tools-hook-helper/][PassthroughPost]] \\ -Restart libvirtd service after creating qemu hook -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - #!/bin/bash - - GUEST_NAME="$1" - HOOK_NAME="$2" - STATE_NAME="$3" - MISC="${@:4}" - - BASEDIR="$(dirname $0)" - - HOOKPATH="$BASEDIR/qemu.d/$GUEST_NAME/$HOOK_NAME/$STATE_NAME" - - set -e # If a script exits with an error, we should as well. - - if [ -f "$HOOKPATH" ]; then - eval \""$HOOKPATH"\" "$@" - elif [ -d "$HOOKPATH" ]; then - while read file; do - eval \""$file"\" "$@" - done <<< "$(find -L "$HOOKPATH" -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -print;)" - fi -#+END_SRC -**** Create start script -Create script that gets executed by libvirt hook when you start VM. Script name can be anything.. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo mkdir -p /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/prepare/begin - sudo touch /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/prepare/begin/start.sh - sudo chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/prepare/begin/start.sh -#+END_SRC -Add the following content to script: -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - #!/bin/bash - - set -x - - # Stop display manager - systemctl stop display-manager - - # Unbind EFI Framebuffer - echo efi-framebuffer.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/unbind - - # Unload NVIDIA kernel modules - modprobe -r nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia - - # Unload AMD kernel module - # modprobe -r amdgpu - - # Detach GPU devices from host - # Use your GPU VGA and Audio PCI host device - virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_01_00_0 - virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_01_00_1 - - # Load vfio module - modprobe vfio-pci -#+END_SRC -**** Create stop script -Create script that gets executed by libvirt hook when you shutdown/destroy VM. Script name can be anything.. -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - sudo mkdir -p /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/release/end - sudo touch /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/release/end/shutdown.sh - sudo chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/release/end/shutdown.sh -#+END_SRC -Add the following content to script: -#+BEGIN_SRC bash - #!/bin/bash - - set -x - - # Unload vfio module - modprobe -r vfio-pci - - # Attach GPU devices to host - # Use your GPU VGA and Audio PCI host device - virsh nodedev-reattach pci_0000_01_00_0 - virsh nodedev-reattach pci_0000_01_00_1 - - # Rebind framebuffer to host - echo "efi-framebuffer.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/bind - - # Load NVIDIA kernel modules - modprobe nvidia_drm - modprobe nvidia_modeset - modprobe nvidia_uvm - modprobe nvidia - - # Load AMD kernel module - # modprobe amdgpu - - # Restart Display Manager - systemctl start display-manager -#+END_SRC -* Passing VM Audio to Host via Pulseaudio -Virtual machine's audio can be routed to host as an application using libvirt. \\ -Add following config inside ** tag we set up during keyboard/mouse passthrough. -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - - -#+END_SRC -* Tweaks -*** Switch to full KVM mode -Add to ** tag. -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - -#+END_SRC -*** NVIDIA Driver Error fix -NVIDIA checks if an hypervisor is running and fails if it detects one. It can be fixed by spoofing vendor_id for the hypervisor. \\ -Add to ** tag -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - -#+END_SRC -Add to ** tag -#+BEGIN_SRC xml - - - -#+END_SRC