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  • 1.  Linux Guest No output on AMD RX 580

    Posted Sep 18, 2019 12:47 AM

    HI I'm struggling to get a AMD RX 580 to display anything in any linux guest using pci passthrough. I do have it working 100% in a Windows 10 guest on the same host.

    Xeon 2667 v2 CPU

    Asus z9pa-D8 mother

    AMD RX 580

    64gb ECC Memory

    I can see the graphics card when I do lspci and I've tried several different distros and kernels.

    I used all the same settings I used to get it working with windows. Is there something specifically different in the driver setup when using a Amd card in a linux guest vs bare metal?

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01)

    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01)

    00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08)

    00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)

    00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)

    00:07.7 System peripheral: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (rev 10)

    00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter

    00:10.0 SCSI storage controller: Broadcom / LSI 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 01)

    00:11.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI bridge (rev 02)

    00:15.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:15.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:16.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:17.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    00:18.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)

    02:00.0 USB controller: VMware USB1.1 UHCI Controller

    02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)

    02:02.0 USB controller: VMware USB2 EHCI Controller

    03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Device 1cc1:8201 (rev 03)

    0b:00.0 USB controller: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)

    13:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] (rev e7)

    13:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]



  • 2.  RE: Linux Guest No output on AMD RX 580

    Posted Sep 18, 2019 12:54 AM

    I'll just state for the record this is not a supported device of any classification, so it may just not work.



  • 3.  RE: Linux Guest No output on AMD RX 580

    Posted Sep 18, 2019 01:16 AM

    Ya i know, but ive seen others get it working somehow. and its unlikely thats it just doesnt work if it works fine in windows.