[pve-devel] applied: [PATCH docs 1/2] pci passthrough: add GPU passthrough notes

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 11/23/18 3:51 PM, Dominik Csapak wrote:
> to make it clear how to use a GPU inside the vm
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  qm-pci-passthrough.adoc | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
> index 43b9ddc..0a5c63f 100644
> --- a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
> +++ b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
> @@ -128,6 +128,21 @@ For this add  the following line in a file ending with `.conf' file in
>  Please be aware that this option can make your system unstable.
>  ====
>  
> +Notes for GPU passthrough
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +When passing through a GPU (be it a full device, or a vGPU), if you want to use
> +it for displaying, you have to either physically connect a monitor to the
> +card (if possible), or configure a remote desktop software (e.g., VNC, RDP)
> +inside the guest and use that.
> +
> +It is not possible to display the content of the GPU via NoVNC/SPICE on the
> +{pve} web interface.
> +
> +If you want to use the GPU for things like OpenCL or CUDA, this is not an issue,
> +since the application should be able to choose the hardware without using
> +it as a display.
> +
>  Host Device Passthrough
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  
> 

applied, with followup.