pci-passthrough: add note about mediated devices w.r.t kernel modules

Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
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Christoph Heiss 2024-10-22 12:19:39 +02:00 committed by Aaron Lauterer
parent 29533496a1
commit 816ee5434a

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@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ to the xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel commandline].
You have to make sure the following modules are loaded. This can be achieved by
adding them to `'/etc/modules''.
.Mediated devices passthrough
[NOTE]
====
If passing through mediated devices (e.g. vGPUs), the following is not needed.
In these cases, the device will be owned by the appropriate host-driver
directly.
====
----
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
@ -273,6 +281,13 @@ Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci
or the 'in use' line is missing entirely, the device is ready to be used for
passthrough.
.Mediated devices
[NOTE]
====
For mediated devices this line will differ as the device will be owned as the
host driver directly, not 'vfio-pci'.
====
[[qm_pci_passthrough_vm_config]]
VM Configuration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^