UEFITool VS gvt-linux

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UEFITool gvt-linux
36 23
4,486 509
1.4% -
4.4 9.9
2 months ago 2 months ago
C C
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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UEFITool

Posts with mentions or reviews of UEFITool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-30.

gvt-linux

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  • N4020 IGPU passthru
    1 project | /r/Proxmox | 10 Sep 2022
    Yeah i read that too, I also found this.. https://github.com/intel/gvt-linux/issues/64
  • 19 August 2022 - Daily Chat Thread
    1 project | /r/indonesia | 19 Aug 2022
  • WAN Show - Ryan Shrout & Tom Petersen talk with Linus about Arc GPU and other hardware
    1 project | /r/hardware | 16 Jul 2022
  • GVM: A GPU Virtual Machine for Iommu-Capable Computers
    15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jul 2022
    Intel has already confirmed that GVT-g is essentially dead and not supported on their Iris/Xe or anything newer graphics.. We can also confirm this via their own drivers source..

    https://github.com/intel/gvt-linux/blob/gvt-staging/drivers/...

  • Laptop GPU for Host use in PCI OVMF pass thru? + confusion re using iGPU
    2 projects | /r/VFIO | 16 May 2022
    On Intel iGPUs, there are two methods: GVT-g and GVT-d. GVT-g is basically creating virtual instances of the iGPU for use in VMs, while GVT-d is passing through an entire iGPU to the guest in the same way you would do with a normal GPU.
  • list of gvt-d supported cpu? thx
    1 project | /r/intel | 19 Apr 2022
    From the Intel GVTg_Setup_Guide;
  • Kholia/OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Dec 2021
    Not really pass through, no. If CONFIG_DRM_I915_GVT is enabled in your kernel, you can use Intel's graphics virtualization system... basically a virtio style virtual device that shares the GPU between VM and host. IMO this is way more convenient than real passthrough, where the device is only available either to the VM or the host. The downside is that you don't get full performance in the VM.

    "Intel GVT-g is a full GPU virtualization solution with mediated pass-through (VFIO mediated device framework based), starting from 5th generation Intel Core(TM) processors with Intel Graphics processors. GVT-g supports both Xen and KVM (a.k.a XenGT & a.k.a KVMGT). A virtual GPU instance is maintained for each VM, with part of performance critical resources directly assigned. The capability of running native graphics driver inside a VM, without hypervisor intervention in performance critical paths, achieves a good balance among performance, feature, and sharing capability."

    https://github.com/intel/gvt-linux/wiki/GVTg_Setup_Guide

  • Full passthrough / GVT-d of 11th gen iGPU (Rocket Lake) to Windows 10 guest - logging my attempt.
    6 projects | /r/VFIO | 22 Nov 2021
    Wait a minute. GVT-g with 11th gen iGPUs upwards does work in linux guest? Are you sure about that? See this github issue for reference.
  • Show HN: VGPU and SR-IOV on Consumer GPUs
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Oct 2021
    To be clear, I never said it was dead, only a dead end.

    As for GVT-g and Xe, according to a post in this[0] issue by one of the Intel devs, Rocket Lake (Xe) is not getting support and only does GVT-d.

    Also in the same issue, someone pointed out that Intel themselves have states as much here[1].

    I hope I am proven wrong in the end and GVT-g comes to then entire Xe and ARC lineup. Intel's communication on this matter has been...lacking.

    0: https://github.com/intel/gvt-linux/issues/190

    1: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000...

  • GVT-D setup
    1 project | /r/intel | 13 Sep 2021
    After days of trial and error, I could not get it to work, maybe one of you knows it. Currently, I try to setup GVT-d with KVM on my Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 7390, which has a i7-1065G7. AFAIK GVT-g is not supported, so I gave GVT-d a chance. The virtual machine is booting without any errors, but the display stays black. I only found this guide, but couldn't get it to work...

What are some alternatives?

When comparing UEFITool and gvt-linux you can also consider the following projects:

Universal-IFR-Extractor - Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.

Single-GPU-Passthrough

grub-mod-setup_var - A modified grub allowing tweaking hidden BIOS settings.

jellyfin-ffmpeg - FFmpeg for Jellyfin with custom extensions and enhancements

coreboot - Mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests.

i915ovmfPkg - VBIOS for Intel GPU Passthrough

thinkpad-firmware-patches - Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches.

LibVF.IO - A vendor neutral GPU multiplexing tool driven by VFIO & YAML.

Universal-IFR-Extractor - Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.

quickemu - Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines

BIOSUtilities - Collection of various BIOS/UEFI-related utilities which aid in research and/or modding purposes.

linux-intel-lts - Intel LTS kernel

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