- This is guide for Laptop with Mux Graphics
- Im using Arch Linux, Manjaro users can work as well.
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Working Windows VM with GPU Passthrough and Remote With Looking Glass
Hello Everyone, Update from my project before https://github.com/Alamputraaf/GPU-Passthrough-Nvidia.
Im currently using HDMI Dummy and Looking Glass for remote the VM.
Actually, this is my summary of installing my virtual machine, I hope you can understand it. I'm very happy with this project.
You can look full documentation on Arch Wiki pci ovmf website https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF
- We need Windows 10 ISO or Windows 11 ISO for official Microsoft Website.
- For this tutorial, im using Windows 11.
- Windows 11 ISO https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows11
- Windows 10 ISO https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO
- Virtio Driver ISO https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts/blob/master/README.md
- Make sure your processor is supported Virtualization (AMD or Intel).
- Enable IOMMU on your Linux host. You can edit on your kernel parameter, Save it and reboot the system.
- Add intel_iommu=on or amd_iommu=on depending on the processor you have. In my case i have amd processor.
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sudo nano /etc/default/grub
# GRUB boot loader configuration GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet amd_iommu=on resume=UUID=1ec5de3e-b9b9-4cf5-80a4-dd6361a6efda loglevel=3 audit=0" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
- Save the configuration and run a command
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
- Make sure the Graphics Cards are in their own IOMMU, not seperated (THIS IS IMPORTANT).
- Make sure IOMMU are enabled.
- IOMMU checking
dmesg | grep -i -e DMAR -e IOMMU [ 0.384963] iommu: Default domain type: Translated [ 0.384963] iommu: DMA domain TLB invalidation policy: lazy mode [ 0.465137] pci 0000:00:00.2: AMD-Vi: IOMMU performance counters supported [ 0.465201] pci 0000:00:01.0: Adding to iommu group 0 [ 0.465219] pci 0000:00:01.1: Adding to iommu group 1 [ 0.465237] pci 0000:00:01.2: Adding to iommu group 2 [ 0.465261] pci 0000:00:02.0: Adding to iommu group 3
- Find Your Graphics Cards IDs
lspci -nnk
- Note your Graphics Cards IDs (For Example my IDs are [10de:1f99] and [10de:10fa])
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [10de:1f99] (rev a1) Subsystem: Lenovo TU117M [17aa:3a43] Kernel driver in use: NVIDIA Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:10fa] (rev a1) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:10fa] Kernel driver in use: NVIDIA Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel - Add your Graphics Cards IDs to directory vfio
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1f99,10de:10fa
- Recompile initramfs and reboot the system
sudo mkinitcpio -p linux
- Make sure your Graphics Cards Kernel Driver using vfio-pci
lspci -nnk
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [10de:1f99] (rev a1) Subsystem: Lenovo TU117M [17aa:3a43] Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:10fa] (rev a1) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:10fa] Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel- And we done setup on vfio modules
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We need to install virt-manager,qemu,libvirt, and network for the virtual machines,let's install
sudo pacman -S qemu-desktop libvirt edk2-ovmf virt-manager dnsmasq
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First we Enable and start the libvirt service and second is logging for virtlogd by typing a command
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.servicesudo systemctl start libvirtd.service
sudo systemctl enable virtlogd.socketsudo systemctl start virtlogd.socket
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After that we have to activate the default libvirt network by typing command
sudo virsh net-autostart default
sudo virsh net-start default
- First we need to install a Windows VM
- Click create a Virtual Machines.
- Choose your iso file, for instance im installing Windows 11, you can go whatever you want.
- After that, you can give the CPUs and The RAM for Windows VM, For example I have 16 GB RAM, I want to give 8GB and 8 CPUs
- Remember, the CPUs is may be different for you, i have 6 cores with 12 threads.
- I want to give 8 CPUs to Windows 11 and the rest 4 Cores for the Linux.
- You can check your total CPUs by typing a command
lscpu -e CPU NODE SOCKET CORE L1d:L1i:L2:L3 ONLINE MAXMHZ MINMHZ MHZ 0 0 0 0 0:0:0:0 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 1473.9919 1 0 0 0 0:0:0:0 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 2 0 0 1 1:1:1:0 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 3 0 0 1 1:1:1:0 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 1397.4919 4 0 0 2 2:2:2:0 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 5 0 0 2 2:2:2:0 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 6 0 0 3 4:4:4:1 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 7 0 0 3 4:4:4:1 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 8 0 0 4 5:5:5:1 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 1559.7889 9 0 0 4 5:5:5:1 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 10 0 0 5 6:6:6:1 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000 11 0 0 5 6:6:6:1 yes 3000.0000 1400.0000 3000.0000
- Give Storage to VM, im giving 25 G for example
- Create a name for the VM, mine is "win11-2", but yours is "win11".
- and don't forget to customize configuration before install, that's important.
- In "Overview" menu, you have to edit Chipset and the Firmware. Make sure you choose like mine
- For the CPU, Im using Ryzen 5 4600 H with 6 cores with 12 threads, meaning i have total 12 CPUs.
- We have to make sure the VM running Hyperthreading. So i have to set 1 Socket, 4 Cores, 2 Threads, and the total we give to the VM is 8 CPUs.
- For the Disk, make sure you Change "SATA" to "Virtio", this configuration is making the VM running Faster than SATA Drive.
- We have to add "Virtio" ISO Driver, so click Add Hardware > Select Custom Storage > Manage > Browse Local > "Select the Virtio ISO"
- Change Device Type "SATA" to "CDROM-Device", and Bus Type = "SATA"
- For Boot Options, we have to checkmarks Virtio Disk, SATA CDROM 1, and SATA CDROM 2
- And finally, We have to add TPM Modules 2.0 for Windows Installation.
- I assume you understand Installing Windows VM.
- Tech Tips, "Time & Currency Format", change to English (World), this choice will bloat "Almost" Windows Apps.
