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How well does GPU passthrough work for qemu into a windows VM (for a kernel-based anti-cheat)? Why would I want to isolate the GPU solely for the VM? Isn't that going to mess up other applications? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago by hypoproteinosis96@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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ELI5 if possible, thank you :)

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[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It does run Photoshop smoothly on my setup :)

Back when I did my setup,
there wasn't a clear guide on the matter though, and it was rather hard to setup.

If you're interested, I can link you all my bookmarks on the matter which I made back then though, however none of them were for Fedora / Nvidia specific.

For the pass-through mode,
I use VFIO (Virtual Function Input Output) with kernel / grub configurations, to always dedicate one of my 2 GPUs for the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine).

You'd be looking for hot-plugging/hot-swapping your GPU instead, to un-attach your GPU from Linux and re-attach it to your Windows KVM when it boots.
Back when I was setting up my system, this was not possible on AMD yet due to a bug (Can't vouch for Nvidia or if the AMD bug is fixed by now though)

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Please share them and any tips you found along the way! Would be great to have an easy way to use photoshop like this

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here you go, hope these sources will help :)

[–] hypoproteinosis96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Legend. Thanks! Down the rabbit hole I go.

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Good luck! :)