Package Details: linux-vfio 6.8.7-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/linux-vfio.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: linux-vfio
Description: The Linux kernel and modules (ACS override and i915 VGA arbiter patches)
Upstream URL: https://www.kernel.org
Keywords: acs arbiter assignment gpu i915 kvm override passthrough pci qemu vfio vga
Licenses: GPL-2.0-or-later
Provides: KSMBD-MODULE, VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES, WIREGUARD-MODULE
Submitter: zman0900
Maintainer: xiota
Last Packager: xiota
Votes: 74
Popularity: 0.023024
First Submitted: 2015-01-30 06:41 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-04-18 00:48 (UTC)

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Pinned Comments

xiota commented on 2024-01-09 18:43 (UTC) (edited on 2024-01-11 16:53 (UTC) by xiota)

  • Leaving eclairvoyant's comment pinned because it contains some useful information.
  • Patch policy is different, but similar.
    • Primary purpose of this package are the ACS override and i915 VGA arbiter patches.
    • Upstream Arch patches will be applied to maintain parity with the standard kernel.
    • No other patches will be added.
  • Package does have options that can be changed, like building with clang or disabling Arch patches.
    • Defaults will match Arch packages, except when incompatible with this package's primary patches.
    • Options are subject to change. Read PKGBUILD for details.
  • Avoid commenting and flagging at the same time for the same issue.
    • Flag for common issues with standard solutions, like new releases, key changes, etc.
    • Comment for issues requiring explanation or debugging.
      • Use a pastebin for blocks of text more than a few lines.

eclairevoyant commented on 2023-04-06 21:24 (UTC) (edited on 2023-04-06 21:31 (UTC) by eclairevoyant)

This package exists for the specific purpose of adding ported patches based on those originally created by Alex Williamson for:

Arbitrary patches will not be added.

Refer to the wiki on PCI passthrough and this blog post on IOMMU groups for risks/caveats before using this package.

Regular AUR etiquette applies as well (knowledge of makepkg and searching the wiki/Arch forums is expected, and AUR helpers or Arch-based distros that are not Arch Linux are unsupported).

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hurrian commented on 2021-09-11 14:37 (UTC) (edited on 2021-09-12 06:49 (UTC) by hurrian)

Hello, I've noticed that this has been out of date for a while - I've updated the package to sync with the latest Arch vanilla kernel.

The ACS patch was successfully tested on a Gigabyte X570-UD, by passing through a chipset USB controller.

The i915 patch needed minor refactoring to build on 5.14, however I don't have any Intel hardware, so I am unable to test this patch.

Here's the link to my tree for 5.14.2-arch1-2: https://github.com/hurrian/linux-vfio/tree/5.14.2-arch1-2-vfio . I've also submitted this as a PR to @slowbro's repository.

Edit: The update to 5.14.2 has been merged.

daniel_shub commented on 2021-07-27 16:01 (UTC)

@slowbro how were you testing the package. Were you running it through a formal test suite of some sort or just seeing if passthrough was working?

slowbro commented on 2021-07-22 07:53 (UTC)

Hey all. I no longer have a machine that runs (or needs) this package, so I have no direct way to test it. Regardless, I will continue updating it. Please be sure to report any issues you run into.

JuniorJPDJ commented on 2021-07-11 13:31 (UTC)

Consider testing 5.13 ;D

JuniorJPDJ commented on 2021-07-11 04:46 (UTC)

I never actually played too much with github actions so I doubt I would be useful - I'm sorry ;/

Anyway - good idea! I'm not sure if it will be easy to test like that, but then someone will tell us here that it's broken ;V

slowbro commented on 2021-07-11 03:45 (UTC) (edited on 2021-07-11 04:12 (UTC) by slowbro)

Thank you - I don't have permission to do that, I don't think; however, since Arch is now using Github for their repo, I was considering using my Github account + GH Actions to so a similar thing. Admittedly, I am upgrading my PC very soon and likely will no longer need this package myself.. but I would like to continue to keep it available for others, as I know how helpful it can be.

I believe the default GH Actions disk space allowance well undershoots the size of the archlinux-linux repo, so I'll have to see about getting that working with a shallow clone. If you'd be willing to help, it would be appreciated! I was previously using this repository, and was planning on continuing there: https://github.com/slowbro/linux-vfio

Edit: by the way, I am in the process of building the latest package. I like to make sure it builds & boots before releasing it, so it will be ~20min.

JuniorJPDJ commented on 2021-07-11 00:04 (UTC)

Hey, I'm the guy flagging it out of date whole time.

Maybe you can just add me as co-maintainer, I'll update it instead of flagging and waiting ;)

I would be doing just dumb bumps for minor versions when new version of linux would become available in core repos.

slowbro commented on 2021-07-01 05:52 (UTC)

I'll get this updated ASAP, sorry! Been pulled in all directions lately.

JuniorJPDJ commented on 2021-06-28 23:27 (UTC)

Yup, official linux package seems to use github now: https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/packages/linux/trunk/PKGBUILD

This is the repo it uses: https://github.com/archlinux/linux

jsutton commented on 2021-06-28 17:29 (UTC)

It looks like this package does not build at the moment.

==> Retrieving sources... -> Cloning archlinux-linux git repo... Cloning into bare repository '/home/jpsutton/.cache/yay/linux-vfio/archlinux-linux'... fatal: repository 'https://git.archlinux.org/linux.git/' not found

I suspect it has something to do with the deprecation of git.archlinux.org...

https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2021-June/030466.html

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