Re: GPU support for Linux 4.19

2020-05-23 Thread John W
I am using GPU passthrough (via VFIO/IOMMU) on Debian 4.19. I don't think the specific video card really matters. The passthrough happens at the PCIe layer. So, the more important thing is to get a motherboard with good IOMMU groups. Then, whatever you plug into those slots (could be GPU, or whate

Re: GPU support for Linux 4.19

2020-05-22 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Fri, 22 May 2020 16:52:29 +0200 n...@dismail.de wrote: > > I only need Debian GNU/Linux to detect it and know which GPU is to > > passthrough it to my Windows gaming VM, to play Windows-only games. > > For Debian I already have Intel's IGPU. > > I may be mistaken, but doesn't a proper GPU pa

Re: GPU support for Linux 4.19

2020-05-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Liam Powell wrote: > Greetings to all of you. I have a question, which is bugging me. > > First of all I use Debian Stable. > > I wanto to buy a new graphics card because my old one, a GTX 1060 3GB, was > corrupt (random system locks by it's fault). So I wonder if a RTX 20 Series > GPU from NVID

Re: GPU support for Linux 4.19

2020-05-22 Thread nito
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 13:24:38 +, Liam Powell wrote: > Greetings to all of you. I have a question, which is bugging me. > > First of all I use Debian Stable. > > I wanto to buy a new graphics card because my old one, a GTX 1060 3GB, was > corrupt (random system locks by it's fault). So I wo

Re: GPU support for Linux 4.19

2020-05-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:42 AM Liam Powell wrote: > I only need Debian GNU/Linux to detect it and know which GPU is to > passthrough it to my Windows gaming VM, to play Windows-only games. > Might I suggest a better way? You don't generally need a fullblown VM for gaming and you'll take a dece