Hi there, I need full IOMMU support for virtualization with an AMD FX-8150 cpu. I am therefore wondering what "cheap" motherboard has full IOMMU support (with the ACPI IVRS table) or that has a beta-BIOS available to enable these features. Any help appriciated. Best regards,Michael _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Michael Johansen <michspra@live.no> wrote: Hi there, I need full IOMMU support for virtualization with an AMD FX-8150 cpu. I am therefore wondering what "cheap" motherboard has full IOMMU support (with the ACPI IVRS table) or that has a beta-BIOS available to enable these features. Any help appriciated. Best regards, Michael _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users Hello Michael, My apologies, the answer for this is a quick one, and I should have gotten back with you sooner, as I''m not sure if anyone else has used this particular chip in an IOMMU setup... well, anyone else on the mailing list anyway ;) I can''t speak to the support of an ACPI IVRS table (mostly because I don''t know what that is!), but I''ve done passthrough with that chip successfully on Xen (just proof of concept testing) and extensively on ESXi. GPLPV doesn''t seem to like full AMD setups when passing video cards. This may not be accurate anymore, and I plan to try Xen on the build again, but a friend of mine is holding the machine hostage. Perhaps I''ll get back to that in another month or so :P So! The board I can recommend for that chip is the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7. I run the exact same chip in it and can confirm that IOMMU works. If there''s a way to tell through dmesg or something whether or not the feature you''re looking for works, and you''re willing to wait a couple weeks for me to get the box back into my hands, I can drop you a line if you like. Just let me know. For more hardware information, check this thread out: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-users/2012-09/msg00273.html And hop down the link there for the rest of the components :) Cheers, Andrew Bobulsky _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
#dmidecode | grep -A2 ASUS
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name: M5A97
#cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep AMD
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
model name : AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor
XEN 4.2
This message send from WINDOWS HVM on this MB+CPU on XEN
See attachment.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Bobulsky
To: Michael Johansen
Cc: xen-users@lists.xen.org
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] IOMMU
On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Michael Johansen <michspra@live.no> wrote:
Hi there,
I need full IOMMU support for virtualization with an AMD FX-8150 cpu. I am
therefore wondering what "cheap" motherboard has full IOMMU support
(with
the ACPI IVRS table) or that has a beta-BIOS available to enable these
features.
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On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Likarpenkov Alexander <al@ohosting.org.ua> wrote:> #dmidecode | grep -A2 ASUS > Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. > Product Name: M5A97 > > #cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep AMD > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > model name : AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor > > XEN 4.2 > This message send from WINDOWS HVM on this MB+CPU on XEN > See attachment.!!!! So you can get the GPU passed through with the AMD and GPLPV! Oh my that''s such great news! Have you had the opportunity to try it with a Radeon HD 5000 or 6000 series card? My problems has been with those cards on the 890FX and 990FX chipset though... that may make a difference. I may redouble my efforts back into my Xen project! Thank you so much, Likarpenkov. Best Regards, Andrew Bobulsky
On 10/07/2012 03:45 AM, Andrew Bobulsky wrote:> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Likarpenkov Alexander > <al@ohosting.org.ua> wrote: >> #dmidecode | grep -A2 ASUS >> Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. >> Product Name: M5A97 >> >> #cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep AMD >> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD >> model name : AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor >> >> XEN 4.2 >> This message send from WINDOWS HVM on this MB+CPU on XEN >> See attachment.I also did successful passthrough with AMD FX-8150 and GA-990FXA-UD5, and Radeon HD 6770. The board Andrew suggested was the same with more gigabit ports, etc. but mine is cheaper. I used winxp 32 bit, and win8 32 and 64 bit. (where 64 bit has no sound drivers for the emulated cards). And I only tried gplpv in windows xp, which works fine (other than some difficulties installing gplpv, which are solved by clicking "next, next, etc." to auto find your hardware when those dialogs pop up during install)> !!!! > > So you can get the GPU passed through with the AMD and GPLPV! Oh my > that''s such great news! > > Have you had the opportunity to try it with a Radeon HD 5000 or 6000 > series card? My problems has been with those cards on the 890FX and > 990FX chipset though... that may make a difference.As I said, mine is a Radeon HD 6770. The impression I get is that probably any Radeon HD card works. Alexander''s HD 2600 is the oldest one I saw so far. Maybe because anything older is often AGP.> > I may redouble my efforts back into my Xen project! > > Thank you so much, Likarpenkov. > > Best Regards, > Andrew Bobulsky
People have also reported that there is full support for IOMMU in the UD3 version of that motherboard as well. I wouldn''t be surprised if it turned out that all of their 990FX motherboards support IOMMU properly. Best bet is to ask customer support if the motherboard supports IOMMU properly and they usually will answer those questions. I think the 990FX based ASUS Crosshair and sabretooth mobos also have IOMMU but that is just a qualified guess ... On 2012-10-07 08:29, Peter Maloney wrote:> On 10/07/2012 03:45 AM, Andrew Bobulsky wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Likarpenkov Alexander >> <al@ohosting.org.ua> wrote: >>> #dmidecode | grep -A2 ASUS >>> Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. >>> Product Name: M5A97 >>> >>> #cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep AMD >>> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD >>> model name : AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor >>> >>> XEN 4.2 >>> This message send from WINDOWS HVM on this MB+CPU on XEN >>> See attachment. > I also did successful passthrough with AMD FX-8150 and GA-990FXA-UD5, > and Radeon HD 6770. The board Andrew suggested was the same with more > gigabit ports, etc. but mine is cheaper. I used winxp 32 bit, and win8 > 32 and 64 bit. (where 64 bit has no sound drivers for the emulated > cards). And I only tried gplpv in windows xp, which works fine (other > than some difficulties installing gplpv, which are solved by clicking > "next, next, etc." to auto find your hardware when those dialogs pop up > during install) > >> !!!! >> >> So you can get the GPU passed through with the AMD and GPLPV! Oh my >> that''s such great news! >> >> Have you had the opportunity to try it with a Radeon HD 5000 or 6000 >> series card? My problems has been with those cards on the 890FX and >> 990FX chipset though... that may make a difference. > As I said, mine is a Radeon HD 6770. The impression I get is that > probably any Radeon HD card works. Alexander''s HD 2600 is the oldest one > I saw so far. Maybe because anything older is often AGP. >> I may redouble my efforts back into my Xen project! >> >> Thank you so much, Likarpenkov. >> >> Best Regards, >> Andrew Bobulsky > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users > >