GPU Passthrough Preparation

GPU Passthrough Preparation #

Blacklist In-kernel Drivers #

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add:

blacklist radeon
blacklist nouveau
blacklist nvidia

Enable IOMMU in GRUB #

Edit /etc/default/grub:

# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet intel_iommu=on"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet amd_iommu=on"

Update GRUB:

update-grub

Load VFIO Modules #

Edit /etc/modules and add:

vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci

Reboot to apply changes.