Klaus; Hijacking the topic a bit, what would be required (technically and "licensingly") to implement these basic pci passthrough functionalities on the ose source (freeBSD in particular), specially for using it on sound cards?
Thanks, P.S. - Sorry for top-posting but it seems to be the trend on this list. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things." On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:59:56 +0200 Klaus Espenlaub <[email protected]> wrote: > Rajiv, > > currently VirtualBox doesn't support GPU passthrough. It supports > some basic PCI passthrough functionality (only on Linux), but GPUs > beat it. > > Besides - do you have a 2nd graphics card in the system? GPU > passthrough (if it'd work) can't do miracles like sharing one PCI > device between the host and the VM. > > What works with many applications is the (guest additions based) 3D > support which you enabled. Of course it also uses the host's 3D card > (provided there are usable drivers), by passing the OpenGL stream. > > Klaus > > On 12.08.2014 17:40, Rajiv Jaisankar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Your thoughts on this? > > > > Regards, > > > > Rajiv > > > > *From:*Rajiv Jaisankar [mailto:[email protected]] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2014 1:12 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [vbox-dev] utlizing the nvidia card of the host > > machine in the vm > > > > My current virtualbox setup is with enable 3D acceleration not 2D > > acceleration as corrected in the original email > > > > *From:*Rajiv Jaisankar [mailto:[email protected]] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2014 1:03 PM > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Subject:* [vbox-dev] utlizing the nvidia card of the host machine > > in the vm > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a NVIDIA K2100M graphics card in my Windows7 host machine. > > The VirtualBox version is 4.3.12. I have RHEL7 installed in my VM. > > RHEL7 works fine. Currently the VM is setup with 3D acceleration > > and video capture. I have installed virtualbox guest additions in > > that vm. > > > > Here is the output of lspci which tells me that the VGA is a > > software/simulated Graphics Adapter. Can the VM make use of the > > NVIDIA K2100M card of the host machine? > > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] > > (rev 02) > > > > 00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA > > [Natoma/Triton II] > > > > 00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE > > (rev 01) > > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH > > VirtualBox Graphics Adapter > > > > 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit > > Ethernet Controller (rev 02) > > > > 00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox > > Guest Service > > > > 00:06.0 USB controller: Apple Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > > > > 00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08) > > > > 00:0d.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM > > (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02) > > > > Regards, > > > > Rajiv > > > > > _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
