I can’t even figure out how to tell if it’s supported or not. If it is supported, I can’t figure out how to enable it. If it is enabled, idk where I should be seeing it in proxmox!
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
It looks like it should be possible as both your cpu and motherboard support Intel VT-d
https://download.asrock.com/Manual/Z690 Extreme.pdf
PCIe pass through isn’t enabled by default in Proxmox and requires some manual changes to the bootloader (grub or systemd-boot) as well as loading some kernel modules. You may also need to enable VT-d in your BIOS. You can read proxmox’ guide for enabling PCIe pass through here:
The motherboard need to support IOMMU, not Vt-d
Ok. So they are different?
How do I tell which motherboards support IOMMU?
I can’t find it as a filter or search option on any websites…?
Yes they are different. VT-d is purely a function of the CPU (passed the BIOS enabling option).
First you will want to look at the output of
acpidump | egrep "DMAR|IVRS", then you will also want to very that IOMMU groups don’t group your GFX with something that won’t be passed through using something like: https://gist.github.com/r15ch13/ba2d738985fce8990a4e9f32d07c6adaThis is in proxmox?
How can I tell if my mobo even supports it?
Run those two commands in the command line, post the result here
This may also help, my HBA is there:
root@prox:~# for d in /sys/kernel/iommu_groups//devices/; do n=${d#/iommu_groups/}; n=${n%%/}; printf 'IOMMU group %s ’ “$n”; lspci -nns "${d##/}"; done IOMMU group 0 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] [8086:a780] (rev 04)
IOMMU group 10 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Z690 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller [8086:7a84] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 10 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S HD Audio Controller [8086:7ad0] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 10 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH SMBus Controller [8086:7aa3] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 10 00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH SPI Controller [8086:7aa4] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 10 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (17) I219-V [8086:1a1d] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 11 01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp Western Digital WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD [15b7:5030] (rev 01)
IOMMU group 12 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller [10ec:8125] (rev 05)
IOMMU group 13 03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Micron/Crucial Technology Device [c0a9:5415] (rev 01)
IOMMU group 14 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8724 24-Lane, 6-Port PCI Express Gen 3 (8 GT/s) Switch, 19 x 19mm FCBGA [10b5:8724] (rev ca)
IOMMU group 15 05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8724 24-Lane, 6-Port PCI Express Gen 3 (8 GT/s) Switch, 19 x 19mm FCBGA [10b5:8724] (rev ca)
IOMMU group 16 05:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8724 24-Lane, 6-Port PCI Express Gen 3 (8 GT/s) Switch, 19 x 19mm FCBGA [10b5:8724] (rev ca)
IOMMU group 17 05:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8724 24-Lane, 6-Port PCI Express Gen 3 (8 GT/s) Switch, 19 x 19mm FCBGA [10b5:8724] (rev ca)
**IOMMU group 18 06:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller [0107]: Broadcom / LSI SAS3008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3 [1000:0097] (rev 02)
IOMMU group 19 08:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller [0107]: Broadcom / LSI SAS3008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3 [1000:0097] (rev 02)**
IOMMU group 1 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a740] (rev 01)
IOMMU group 2 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 XHCI Controller [8086:7ae0] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 2 00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH Shared SRAM [8086:7aa7] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 3 00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:7acc] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 4 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH HECI Controller #1 [8086:7ae8] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 5 00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] [8086:7ae2] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 6 00:1a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH PCI Express Root Port #25 [8086:7ac8] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 7 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH PCI Express Root Port #2 [8086:7ab9] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 8 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH PCI Express Root Port #5 [8086:7abc] (rev 11)
IOMMU group 9 00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 [8086:7ab0] (rev 11)
You should be good to go. Make sure vfio is loaded in the modules-load.d
vfio vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_pci vfio_virqfdMake sure the module options are set correctly and the kernel module is blacklisted in
/etc/modprobe.d/vfio.confoptions vfio-pci ids=1000:0097 blacklist MODULE_NAMEMake sure.IOMMU is enabled in your kernel command line (ex via grub):
intel_iommu=on iommu=ptThis is probably not complete, but it should get you pretty far into allowing you to add the pci device in the hardware config of your vm
sorry this took so long… you know, life. trying that command altogether, I get this response: -bash: acpidump: command not found
trying just egrep “DMAR|IVRS” (in case they are two commands) seems to hang the terminal session.
I tried following a guide to enable PICe passthrough and get this. One important thing, there is no discrete GPU at the moment, I’m trying to pass through an HBA…
root@prox:~# dmesg | grep -e IOMMU [ 0.100411] DMAR: IOMMU enabled [ 0.254862] DMAR-IR: IOAPIC id 2 under DRHD base 0xfed91000 IOMMU 1 [ 0.629143] pci 0000:00:02.0: DMAR: Skip IOMMU disabling for graphics [ 0.713978] DMAR: IOMMU feature fl1gp_support inconsistent [ 0.713979] DMAR: IOMMU feature pgsel_inv inconsistent [ 0.713980] DMAR: IOMMU feature nwfs inconsistent [ 0.713981] DMAR: IOMMU feature dit inconsistent [ 0.713982] DMAR: IOMMU feature sc_support inconsistent [ 0.713983] DMAR: IOMMU feature dev_iotlb_support inconsistent
Its your CPU and yes it does support it as all Intel CPUs made within the last few years have support.
Are you sure? I though Vt-d is the Intel virtualization extension that is used my IOMMU
Yes I’m sure, they are related and you need VT-d for IOMMU but not all motherboard isolate all the PCIe devices separately. Server/Enterprise boards always do, but consumer grade stuff can be hit or miss. Maybe it’s a little better with more recent hardware though, I haven’t checked in a couple of gens.
Can you name an Intel system from the last 2 years that doesn’t support it?
There are THOUSANDS of motherboards its impossible to know for sure sadly. I literally just told you I haven’t checked I a couple of gens, so no I cannot ell you in the last two years.
OP has yet to provide the request info, so we don’t know for their specific case.
It has nothing to do with the board. It is the CPU that matters as PCIe is controlled by the CPU
This persons CPU supports it https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/236783/intel-core-i7-processor-14700k-33m-cache-up-to-5-60-ghz.html
Isn’t it fun being confidently wrong? https://iommu.info/
VT-d is a CPU function, but IOMMU groups are a function of the CPU, Chipset, and board configuration combo.
Start by going into your firmware setting (hold del on boot) and enabling virtualization and all extensions.
Once that’s done you can just click on add hardware and then ePCI device. If its a GPU it will require more setup.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.
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The thing called bifurcation?
No, bifurcation is s splitting the lanes in the actual l actual slot between devices. Usually for something like an m.2 adapter board.
Well, that’s at least part of my problem. I have no idea what it would be called so it’s hard to google. I guess the underlying technology is all ‘IOMMU’, but each motherboard manufacture and Intel and AMD all have other names for it…
I’m trying to pass an HBA through to a VM for a NAS.
Right, confused it with the splitting of lanes (M.2 x4 bays).
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