So I've spent the last 20 hours trying to get a Windows 10 VM running in QEMU/KVM on Ubuntu.
My hardware setup is:
- Saphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 (Host)
- MSI RTX 2080 Gaming Trio (Guest)
- Ryzen 7 3700x
- Gigabyte Aorus X570 Master
The pass-through itself works absolutely fine, only runs at a very low resolution because of the missing drivers.
The first sign I notice is that at first it shows the card as a generic display adapter. Then only after installing the drivers it shows up as RTX 2080 (but then it goes into permanent black screen)
My issue is that every single time, no matter through what method. When I install the drivers for the RTX 2080. The screen immediately goes black and never recovers. Even after reboot.
My template xml is as follows:
<domain type='kvm'>
<name>win10</name>
<uuid>2a3a6983-3cf2-444f-a889-2830ef3473c8</uuid>
<memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>12</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.11'>hvm</type>
<loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd</loader>
<nvram>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/win10_VARS.fd</nvram>
<bootmenu enable='yes'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<hyperv>
<vendor_id state='on' value='kvm hyperv'/>
</hyperv>
<kvm>
<hidden state='on'/>
</kvm>
<vmport state='off'/>
<ioapic driver='kvm'/>
</features>
<cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
<model fallback='allow'>EPYC</model>
</cpu>
<clock offset='localtime'>
<timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
<timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<pm>
<suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
<suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
</pm>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/home/alternativecorn/Downloads/Win10_1909_English_x64.iso'/>
<target dev='sdb' bus='sata'/>
<readonly/>
<boot order='1'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win10.img'/>
<target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
<boot order='2'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x7'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
<master startport='0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
<master startport='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
<master startport='4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='sata' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
<controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'>
<model name='i82801b11-bridge'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
<model name='pci-bridge'/>
<target chassisNr='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='3' port='0x8'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='4' port='0x9'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='5' port='0xa'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='6' port='0xb'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='7' port='0xc'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='8' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='8' port='0xd'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/>
</controller>
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:75:09:1f'/>
<source network='default'/>
<model type='rtl8139'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</source>
<rom bar='off' file='/usr/share/vgabios/2080.dump'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
</source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x2'/>
</source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x3'/>
</source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x0951'/>
<product id='0x16d2'/>
</source>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x2516'/>
<product id='0x0044'/>
</source>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
</hostdev>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
</domain>
