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Except that requires IOMMU which is not always available nor is it always reliable on consumer motherboards.
by denkmoon 3y ago
Except that requires IOMMU which is not always available nor is it always reliable on consumer motherboards.
- gary17the 3y agoGood point, but I believe that was a serious problem 10 years ago, while these days virtually any decent motherboard properly supports IOMMU, consumer-grade boards included - e.g. any Asus motherboard should work perfectly.
- RealStickman_ 3y agoThey might support IOMMU, but the default groups can be very annoying to work with so you have to use a patched kernel as well that "ignores" the actual groups.
- arghwhat 3y agoIOMMU is a integrated CPU feature, so consumer motherboards do not affect reliability - they just make the setting available. IOMMU is also required for various modern security features, and M$ requires it for certification nowadays to protect against DMA vulnerabilities (heard of thunderbolt?).
- diffeomorphism 3y agoNo. Just because your CPU supports IOMMU, that does not mean GPU passthrough is going to work properly or that groups are setup properly or....