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`customization`
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- [change DPI scaling in dom0 and VMs](/docs/customization/dpi-scaling.md)
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- [setup mirage firewall](/docs/customization/mirage-firewall.md)
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- [windows gaming HVM with GPU passthrough](/docs/customization/windows-gaming-hvm.md)
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- [gaming HVM with GPU passthrough](/docs/customization/gaming-hvm.md)
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- [Choose deafult terminal settings for a TemplateVM](/docs/customization/terminal-defaults.md)
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- [Screenlockers](/docs/customization/screenlockers.md)
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# Create a Gaming HVM
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## Hardware
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To have an 'HVM' for gaming, you must have
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- A dedicated GPU. By dedicated, it means: it is a secondary GPU, not
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the GPU used to display dom0. In 2023, 'Nvidia' and 'Amd' GPU work.
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Not tested with Intel GPUs.
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- A screen available for the gaming 'HVM'. (It can be a physical
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monitor or just to have multiple cables connected to the screen and
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switching between input source)
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- Dedicated gaming mouse and keyboard.
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- A lot of patience. GPU passthrough is not trivial, and you will need
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to spend time debugging.
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## IOMMU Group
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You need to check what are the things/devices that are in the same IOMMU
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group as the GPU you want to passthrough. You can't see your IOMMU Group
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when you are using Xen (the information is hidden from dom0). So, start
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a live linux distribution, enable iommu in the grub options (iommu=1
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iommu_amd=on), and then displayed the folder structure of
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/sys/kernel/iommu_group
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``` bash
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#!/bin/bash
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shopt -s nullglob
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for g in /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/*; do
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echo "IOMMU Group ${g##*/}:"
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for d in $g/devices/*; do
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echo -e "\t$(lspci -nns ${d##*/})"
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done
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done
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```
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## GRUB modification
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You must hide your secondary GPU from dom0. To do that, you have to
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modify the GRUB. In a dom0 Terminal, type:
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``` bash
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qvm-pci
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```
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Then find the devices id for your secondary GPU. In my case, it is
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`dom0:0a_00.0`{.text} and `dom0:0a_00.1`{.text}. Edit /etc/default/grub,
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and add the PCI hiding.
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``` text
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="... rd.qubes.hide_pci=0a:00.0,0a:00.1 "
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```
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then regenerate the grub
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``` bash
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grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
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```
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If you are using UEFI, the file to override with `grub2-mkconfig`{.text}
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is `/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg`{.text}.
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Note: if after this step when you reboot the computer you get stuck in
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the QubesOS startup that means you are trying to use the GPU you just
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hide. Check your BIOS options. Also check the cables, BIOS have some GPU
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priority based on the type of cable. For example, DisplayPort can be
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favoured over HDMI.
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Once you have rebooted, in dom0, type `sudo lspci -vvn`{.bash}, you
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should see "Kernel driver in use: pciback" for the GPU you just hide.
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## Patching stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz
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[github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4321](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4321#issuecomment-423011787)
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Copy-paste of the comment:
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This is caused by the default TOLUD (Top of Low Usable DRAM) of 3.75G
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provided by qemu not being large enough to accommodate the larger BARs
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that a graphics card typically has. The code to pass a custom
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max-ram-below-4g value to the qemu command line does exist in the
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libxl_dm.c file of xen, but there is no functionality in libvirt to add
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this parameter. It is possible to manually add this parameter to the
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qemu commandline by doing the following in a dom0 terminal. (I modified
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the code so it works with 4.1 and remove one of the original limitations
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by restricting the modification to VM with a name starting with
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"gpu\_\")
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``` bash
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mkdir stubroot
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cp /usr/libexec/xen/boot/qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs stubroot/qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz
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cd stubroot
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gunzip qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz
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cpio -i -d -H newc --no-absolute-filenames < qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs
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rm qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs
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nano init
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```
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Before the line
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``` text
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# $dm_args and $kernel are separated with \n to allow for spaces in arguments
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```
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add:
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``` bash
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# Patch 3.5 GB limit
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vm_name=$(xenstore-read "/local/domain/$domid/name")
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# Apply the patch only if the qube name start by "gpu_"
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if [ $(echo "$vm_name" | grep -iEc '^gpu_' ) -eq 1 ]; then
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dm_args=$(echo "$dm_args" | sed -n '1h;2,$H;${g;s/\(-machine\nxenfv\)/\1,max-ram-below-4g=3.5G/g;p}')
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fi
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```
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Then execute:
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``` bash
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find . -print0 | cpio --null -ov \
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--format=newc | gzip -9 > ../qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs
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sudo mv ../qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs /usr/libexec/xen/boot/
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```
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Note that this will apply the change to the HVM with a name starting
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with \"gpu\_\". So you need to name your gaming HVM \"gpu_SOMETHING\".
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## Preparing the guest
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As of 2023, I recommend using a Linux guest instead of a window guest.
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### Windows
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Install a window VM, you can use this
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[qvm-create-windows-qube](https://github.com/elliotkillick/qvm-create-windows-qube)
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### Linux
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Create a new standalone Qube based on the template of your choice.
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You must run the kernel provided by the guest distribution, because we
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will use some non-default kernel module for the GPU driver. Just follow
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the doc:
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[managing-vm-kernel](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/managing-vm-kernel/#distribution-kernel).
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Install the GPU drivers you need.
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## Pass the GPU
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In qubes settings for the HVM, go to the 'devices' tab, pass the ID
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corresponding to your GPU.
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You may or may not need to add the option \"permissive\" or
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\"no-strict-reset\".
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[Some word about the security implication of thoses
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parameters.](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/device-handling-security/#pci-security)
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``` bash
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qvm-pci attach gpu_gaming_archlinux dom0:0a_00.0 -o permissive=True -o no-strict-reset=True
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qvm-pci attach gpu_gaming_archlinux dom0:0a_00.1 -o permissive=True -o no-strict-reset=True
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```
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## Starting the guest
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This is where you will have a lot of issues to debug.
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For Linux guests, run 'sudo dmesg' to have all the kernel log indicating
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you if there is a issue with your GPU driver. For some hardware, the MSI
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calls won't work. You can work around that using for example
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`pci=nomsi`{.text} or `NVreg_EnableMSI=0`{.text} or something else.
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Check your drivers options. Check if alternative drivers exist (amdgpu,
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nvidia, nouveau, nvidia-open, using drivers from the official website,
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...). Check multiple kernel version.
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Some links that could help you to debug the issues you will have
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- https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/ryzen-7000-serie/
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- https://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/gpu/amdgpu.html
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For windows guests you will probably have the same issues but it will be
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harder to debug. I recommend using the drivers from Windows Update
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instead of the official drivers from the website of the constructor.
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Some things that may be useful for debugging:
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- Virsh (start, define, \...)
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- /etc/libvirt/libxl/
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- xl
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- /etc/qubes/templates/libvirt/xen/by-name/
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- /usr/lib/xen/boot/
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- virsh -c xen:/// domxml-to-native xen-xm /etc/libvirt/libxl/\...
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Issues with the drivers could be related to
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'qubes-vmm-xen-stubdom-linux', 'qubes-vmm-xen', and the Linux kernel you
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will be using.
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## Linux guest --- Integration with QubesOS
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### Xorg
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Now Xorg and Pulseaudio. From XKCD:
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[{width="\\linewidth"}](https://xkcd.com/963/)
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Things you need to install:
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- The Xorg input driver to support your mouse and keyboard
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- A pulseaudio gui client
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- Your favorite Windows Manager
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In my case, it is:
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``` bash
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apt install xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-mouse pavucontrol i3
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```
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Then create a XORG configuration file for your GPU and screen. My file
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named 'AOC.conf':
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``` xorg.conf
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Section "ServerLayout"
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Identifier "Gaming"
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Screen 0 "AMD AOC" Absolute 0 0
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EndSection
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Section "Device"
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Identifier "AMD"
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# name of the driver to use. Can be "amdgpu", "nvidia", or something else
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Driver "amdgpu"
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# The BusID value will change after each qube reboot.
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BusID "PCI:0:8:0"
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EndSection
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Section "Monitor"
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Identifier "AOC"
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VertRefresh 60
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# https://arachnoid.com/modelines/ . IMPORTANT TO GET RIGHT. MUST ADJUST WITH EACH SCREEN.
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Modeline "1920x1080" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118
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EndSection
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Section "Screen"
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Identifier "AMD AOC"
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Device "AMD"
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Monitor "AOC"
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EndSection
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```
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We can't know what is the correct BusID before the qube is started. And
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it change after each reboot. So let's write a script --- named
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\"xorgX1.sh\" --- that update this configuration file with the correct
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value, then start a binary on the Xorg X screen n°1.
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``` bash
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#!/bin/bash
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binary=${1:?binary required}
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# Find the correct BusID of the AMD GPU, then set it in the Xorg configuration file
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pci=$(lspci | grep "VGA" | grep "NVIDIA|AMD/ATI" | cut -d " " -f 1 | cut -d ":" -f 2 | cut -d "." -f 1 | cut -d "0" -f 2)
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sed -i "s/PCI:0:[0-9]:0/PCI:0:$pci:0/g" /home/user/AOC.conf
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# Pulseaudio setup
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sudo killall pulseaudio
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sudo sed -i "s/load-module module-vchan-sink.*/load-module module-vchan-sink domid=$(qubesdb-read -w /qubes-audio-domain-xid)/" /etc/pulse/qubes-default.pa
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sudo rm /home/user/.pulse/client.conf
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start-pulseaudio-with-vchan
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sleep 5 && sudo chmod -R 777 /root/ &
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sleep 5 && sudo chmod -R 777 /root/* &
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sleep 5 && sudo cp /root/.pulse/client.conf /home/user/.pulse/client.conf && sudo chown -R user:user /home/user/.pulse/client.conf &
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setxkbmap fr
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sudo setxkbmap fr
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# Start the Xorg server for the X screen number 1.
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# The X screen n°0 is already used for QubesOS integration
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sudo startx "$binary" -- :1 -config /home/user/AOC.conf
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```
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### Pulseaudio
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So you need to configure pulseaudio for Xorg multiseat. The archlinux
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documentation explain that very well: [Xorg
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multiseat](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_multiseat#Multiple_users_on_single_sound_card:_PulseAudio)
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Use the option without system-mode deamon and adapt it to qube: Add the
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following line to /etc/pulse/qubes-default.pa
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``` bash
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load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1
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```
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Then add this config for root:
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``` bash
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mkdir /root/.pulse
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echo "default-server = 127.0.0.1" > /root/.pulse/client.conf
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```
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The sound was buggy/laggy on my computer. So tried to find a workaround
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by playing with pulseaudio settings. It was more or less random tries,
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so I can't really explain it: In `/etc/pulse/daemon.conf`{.text} add the
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following lines:
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``` bash
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default-fragments = 60
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default-fragment-size-msec = 1
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high-priority = no
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realtime-scheduling = no
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nice-level = 18
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```
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In `/etc/pulse/qubes-default.pa`{.text} change
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``` bash
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load-module module-udev-detect
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```
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to
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``` bash
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load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0
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```
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You can launch you favorite Windows Manager like that
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``` bash
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sudo ./xorgX1.sh /usr/bin/i3
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```
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### References
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- [Archlinux:
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PulseAudio](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio)
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- [Archlinux:
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PulseAudio/Troubleshooting](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting)
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# Create a Gaming HVM
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Some information to configure a windows HVM for gaming.
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This is not officially supported, just some community trial & errors.
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This doc is also hosted on https://neowutran.ovh/qubes/articles/gaming_windows_hvm.html
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## References
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Everything needed is referenced here
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- [Useful technical details](https://paste.debian.net/1043341/)
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- [Reddit thread of what is needed for GPU
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passthrough](https://www.reddit.com/r/Qubes/comments/9hp3e7/gpu_passthrough_howto/)
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- [Solution to have more than 3 GB of RAM in the Windows
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HVM](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4321#issuecomment-423011787)
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- [Some old
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references](https://www.reddit.com/r/Qubes/comments/66wk4q/gpu_passthrough/)
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## Prerequisite
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You have a functional Windows HVM (Windows 7 or Windows 10). The \"how
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to\" for this part can be found on the Qubes OS documentation and here:
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[Usefull github
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comment](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3585#issuecomment-453200971).
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However, few tips:
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- Do a backup (clone VM) of the Windows HVM BEFORE starting to install
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QWT (installing QWT is not required)
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## Hardware
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To have a Windows HVM for gaming, you must have:
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- A dedicated AMD GPU. By dedicated, it means: it is a secondary GPU,
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not the GPU used to display dom0. Nvidia GPU are not supported (or
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maybe with a lot of tricks).
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- A really fast disk (M.2 disk)
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- A lot of RAM
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- A dedicated screen
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- Dedicated gaming mouse and keyboard
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In my case:
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- Secondary GPU: AMD RX580
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- Primary GPU: Some Nvidia trash, used for dom0
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- 32 GB of RAM. 12 GB of RAM will be dedicated to the Windows HVM
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- A fast M.2 disk
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## Checklist
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Short list of things to do to make the GPU passthrough work:
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- You verified and confirmed that the secondary GPU is alone in its
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IOMMU Group
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- In dom0, you edited the file `/etc/default/grub` or
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`/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg` or
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`/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg` to allow PCI hiding for your
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secondary GPU, and regenerated the grub if needed
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- You have patched stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz to allow to have more than
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3 GB of RAM for your HVM
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## IOMMU Group
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Warning: I am far from understanding the IOMMU group. Check online
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references on that subject. It seems that you can only do a successfull
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GPU passthough if you can passthrough everything that is in the IOMMU
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Group of the GPU. Also, you can't see your IOMMU Group when you are
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using Xen (the information is hidden from dom0). So, what I did: I
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booted from a Linux Mint Live USB. In the grub I enabled the IOMMU
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(iommu=1 iommu_amd=on), and then displayed the folder structure of
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/sys/kernel/iommu_group
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``` bash
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tree /sys/kernel/iommu_group
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```
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My secondary GPU was alone in its IOMMU group.
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## GRUB modification
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You must hide your secondary GPU from dom0. To do that, you have to edit
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the GRUB. In a dom0 Terminal, type:
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``` bash
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qvm-pci
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```
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Then find the devices id for your secondary GPU. In my case, it is
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`dom0:0a_00.0` and `dom0:0a_00.1`. Edit /etc/default/grub,
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and add the PCI hiding
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``` text
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="... rd.qubes.hide_pci=0a:00.0,0a:00.1 "
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```
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then regenerate the grub
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``` bash
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grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
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```
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Or if using UEFI boot, edit `/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg` or
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`/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg` and add the
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`rd.qubes.hide_pci=` option to the `kernel=` line.
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## Patching stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz
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### Qubes R4.0
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Follow the instructions here:\
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[github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4321](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4321#issuecomment-423011787)
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Copy-paste of the comment:
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This is caused by the default TOLUD (Top of Low Usable DRAM) of 3.75G
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provided by qemu not being large enough to accommodate the larger BARs
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that a graphics card typically has. The code to pass a custom
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max-ram-below-4g value to the qemu command line does exist in the
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libxl_dm.c file of xen, but there is no functionality in libvirt to add
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this parameter. It is possible to manually add this parameter to the
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qemu commandline by doing the following in a dom0 terminal:
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``` bash
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mkdir stubroot
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cp /usr/lib/xen/boot/stubdom-linux-rootfs stubroot/stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz
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cd stubroot
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gunzip stubdom-linux-rootfs.gz
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cpio -i -d -H newc --no-absolute-filenames < stubdom-linux-rootfs
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rm stubdom-linux-rootfs
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nano init
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```
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Before the line
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``` text
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#$dm_args and $kernel are separated with \x1b to allow for spaces in arguments.
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```
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add:
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``` bash
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SP=$'\x1b'
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dm_args=$(echo "$dm_args" \
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| sed "s/-machine\\${SP}xenfv/-machine\
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\\${SP}xenfv,max-ram-below-4g=3.5G/g")
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```
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Then execute:
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``` bash
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find . -print0 | cpio --null -ov \
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--format=newc | gzip -9 > ../stubdom-linux-rootfs
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sudo mv ../stubdom-linux-rootfs /usr/lib/xen/boot/
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```
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Note that this will apply the change to all HVMs, so if you have any
|
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other HVM with more than 3.5GB ram assigned, they will not start without
|
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the adapter being passed through. Ideally to fix this libvirt should be
|
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extended to pass the max-ram-below-4g parameter through to xen, and then
|
||||
a calculation added to determine the correct TOLUD based on the total
|
||||
BAR size of the PCI devices are being passed through to the vm.
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|
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### Qubes R4.1
|
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|
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For Qubes R4.1 follow the R4.0 section, except for two things.
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|
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- The file that need to be patched is now
|
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\"/usr/libexec/xen/boot/qemu-stubdom-linux-rootfs\"
|
||||
|
||||
- The content of the \"init\" file to modify.
|
||||
|
||||
#### The content of the \"init\" file
|
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|
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Before the line
|
||||
|
||||
``` text
|
||||
# $dm_args and $kernel are separated with \n to allow for spaces in arguments
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
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add:
|
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|
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``` bash
|
||||
# Patch 3.5 GB limit
|
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vm_name=$(xenstore-read "/local/domain/$domid/name")
|
||||
# Apply the patch only if the qube name start by "gpu_"
|
||||
if [ $(echo "$vm_name" | grep -iEc '^gpu_' ) -eq 1 ]; then
|
||||
dm_args=$(echo "$dm_args" | sed -n '1h;2,$H;${g;s/\(-machine\nxenfv\)/\1,max-ram-below-4g=3.5G/g;p}')
|
||||
fi
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
## Pass the GPU
|
||||
|
||||
In qubes settings for the windows HVM, go to the \"devices\" tab, pass
|
||||
the ID corresponding to your AMD GPU. (in my case, it was 0a:00.0 and
|
||||
0a:00.1) And check the option for \"nostrict reset\" for those 2. In
|
||||
some case, you might also need to set the \"permissive\" flag to true
|
||||
(But I didn't need that with the RX 580):
|
||||
|
||||
``` bash
|
||||
qvm-pci attach windows-hvm dom0:0a_00.0 -o permissive=True -o no-strict-reset=True
|
||||
qvm-pci attach windows-hvm dom0:0a_00.1 -o permissive=True -o no-strict-reset=True
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
## Conclusion
|
||||
|
||||
Don't forget to install the GPU drivers, you can install the official
|
||||
one from AMD website, no modification or trick to do. Nothing else is
|
||||
required to make it work (in my case at least, once I finish to fight to
|
||||
find those informations). If you have issues, you can refer to the links
|
||||
in the first sections. If it doesn't work and you need to debug more
|
||||
things, you can go deeper.
|
||||
|
||||
- Virsh (start, define, \...)
|
||||
|
||||
- /etc/libvirt/libxl/
|
||||
|
||||
- xl
|
||||
|
||||
- /etc/qubes/templates/libvirt/xen/by-name/
|
||||
|
||||
- /usr/lib/xen/boot/
|
||||
|
||||
- virsh -c xen:/// domxml-to-native xen-xm /etc/libvirt/libxl/\...
|
||||
|
||||
I am able to play games on my windows HVM with very good performances.
|
||||
And safely.
|
||||
|
||||
## Bugs
|
||||
|
||||
The AMD GPUs have a bug when used in HVM: each time you will reboot your
|
||||
windows HVM, it will get slower and slower. It is because the AMD GPUs
|
||||
is not correctly reset when you restart your Windows HVM. Two
|
||||
solutions for that:
|
||||
|
||||
- Reboot your computer
|
||||
|
||||
- In the windows HVM, use to windows option in the system tray to
|
||||
\"safely remove devices\", remove your GPU. Restart the HVM.
|
||||
|
||||
This bug is referenced somewhere, but lost the link and too lazy to
|
||||
search for it.
|
||||
@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ For more information about Windows VMs in Qubes OS, please see the following ext
|
||||
* [Installing and Using Qubes Windows Tools in Qubes R4.0](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-tools.md)
|
||||
* [Installing and Using Windows-based VMs in Qubes R4.1](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-vm41.md)
|
||||
* [Installing and Using Qubes Windows Tools in Qubes R4.1](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-tools41.md)
|
||||
* [Create a Gaming HVM in Qubes 4.1](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/customization/windows-gaming-hvm.md)
|
||||
* [Create a Gaming HVM in Qubes 4.1](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/customization/gaming-hvm.md)
|
||||
* [Migrate backups of Windows VMs created under Qubes R4.0 to R4.1](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-migrate41.md)
|
||||
|
||||
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