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title: Virtual Function I/O Mediated devices (vfio-mdev)
description: Create and Configure Virtual Function I/O Mediated devices (vfio-mdev)
published: true
date: 2022-07-24T16:37:28.365Z
date: 2022-07-27T23:53:40.933Z
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editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2022-07-21T21:10:41.046Z
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In this case, the `i915-GVTg_V5_4` kind seems to offer the best trade-offs between the available resolution and the number of available instances.
* Generate unique id
* Generate a universally unique identifier (UUID) with the following command:
```
uuidgen
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7686131b-b229-4768-a02c-35d1dbed7c66
```
* Start a vGPU based off this id and of type `i915-GVTg_V5_4`
* Start a vGPU based on the kind `i915-GVTg_V5_4` using the previously generated UUID
```
sudo mdevctl start -u 7686131b-b229-4768-a02c-35d1dbed7c66 -p 0000:00:02.0 --type i915-GVTg_V5_4
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sudo mdevctl define -u 7686131b-b229-4768-a02c-35d1dbed7c66
```
* Set it to auto-start when the host has boot up.
* Set the vGPU to auto-start after the host boots up, so that it is available to guest virtual machines without further action
```
sudo mdevctl modify -u 7686131b-b229-4768-a02c-35d1dbed7c66 --auto
```
* Verify it has successfully been created
* Finally, verify that the vGPU has successfully been created and is set to auto-start:
```
mdevctl list -d
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7686131b-b229-4768-a02c-35d1dbed7c66 0000:00:02.0 i915-GVTg_V5_4 auto (active)
```
Great you have
## Assign a virtual GPU to a virtual machine
* Add that segment to a virtual machine's definition. Modify the UUID address according to the previously generated UUID.
* Add that segment to a virtual machine's definition. Make sure the provided ```uuid``` matches the previously generated UUID.
```
<domain>
[...]
<device>
[...]
<hostdev mode="subsystem" type="mdev" managed="no" model="vfio-pci" display="on" ramfb="on">
<source>
<address uuid="7686131b-b229-4768-a02c-35d1dbed7c66"/>
</source>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x09" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</hostdev>
[...]
</device>
[...]
</domain>
```
* Notice RAMFB option, which allows to see the output of a virtual monitor before an operating system takes over.
> Notice that the RAMFB is set to on, which activates Drect Memory Access Buffers (DMA-BUFs), making available the output of a virtual monitor before the guest operating system takes over
{.is-info}
## Configure Spice / SDL
*To-do*
## Remove any video device
* Remove any video device, such as virtio-gpu. Or pick `none`.
* Remove any video device such as `virtio-gpu` and set the last one to the `none`.
```
<domain>
[...]
<device>
[...]
<video>
<model type="none"/>
</video>
[...]
</device>
[...]
</domain>
```
* Then starts the domain
## Resources
* Official page for vfio-mdev: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.html
* Archlinux's entry on Intel GVT-g: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_GVT-g
* DMA-BUF Linux documentation: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/dma-buf.html