[opensuse-virtual] Which Virtual machine for PCI-Express graphic card passthrough ?
In short : Which Virtual machine does PCI-Express graphic card passthrough ? Xen, KVM, VIrtualBox, lxc containers ? Long : I would like to run proprietary Linux games in a guest (host and guest Linux). Which virtual machine really works for 3D ? The graphic card can be cut off from the host, it's not a problem. Dsant -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 13:45 +0200, Dsant wrote:
In short : Which Virtual machine does PCI-Express graphic card passthrough ? Xen, KVM, VIrtualBox, lxc containers ?
Long : I would like to run proprietary Linux games in a guest (host and guest Linux). Which virtual machine really works for 3D ? The graphic card can be cut off from the host, it's not a problem.
Dsant
Never done it myself, But last couple of years i've seen more than a couple of messages on the xen-list regarding doing pci-passthrough of one (or multiple) vga-cards towards domU's. (both para- and full-virtualisation) Can't tell about kvm or virtualbox, but for LXC it seems unlikely... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 13:45 +0200, Dsant wrote:
In short : Which Virtual machine does PCI-Express graphic card passthrough ? Xen, KVM, VIrtualBox, lxc containers ?
Long : I would like to run proprietary Linux games in a guest (host and guest Linux). Which virtual machine really works for 3D ? The graphic card can be cut off from the host, it's not a problem.
Dsant
Never done it myself,
But last couple of years i've seen more than a couple of messages on the xen-list regarding doing pci-passthrough of one (or multiple) vga-cards towards domU's. (both para- and full-virtualisation)
Although I haven't personally tried, there has been some success with GPU passthrough on Xen. IIRC, success is more likely with some cards than others. E.g. the Intel cards work pretty well.
Can't tell about kvm or virtualbox, but for LXC it seems unlikely...
I think the same can be said for KVM, but also don't know about VirtualBox. Definitely not possible with LXC. Regards, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
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