[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper v3 3/4] add pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper and Makefile to make dependency installation more convenient
Hannes Duerr
h.duerr at proxmox.com
Mon Feb 10 13:25:07 CET 2025
We add the pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper script to simplify the installation of
the required Nvidia Vgpu driver dependencies.
The script performs the following tasks
- install consistent dependencies
- check the currently running kernel and install the necessary kernel
headers for the running kernel and any newer kernels installed
- blacklist the competing nouveau driver and add the opt-out flag
--no-blacklist
We also add a Makefile to help build the Debian package and install the
script
Signed-off-by: Hannes Duerr <h.duerr at proxmox.com>
---
Notes:
Changes in V4:
* add `--help` option displaying the usage
* as suggested by @Dominik we squash the patch, to only install headers
for running kernel version and newer ones, into this one
* install `proxmox-headers-$major.$minor-pve` package so that the
headers for future updates are also installed directly
* blacklist the nouveau driver by default and add opt-out flag
`--no-blacklist`
Makefile | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++
pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 151 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Makefile
create mode 100755 pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6e461d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
+
+PACKAGE=pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper
+
+BINDIR=/usr/bin/
+DESTDIR=
+
+GITVERSION:=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+BUILDDIR ?= $(PACKAGE)-$(DEB_VERSION)
+DSC=$(PACKAGE)_$(DEB_VERSION).dsc
+
+DEB=$(PACKAGE)_$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM_REVISION)_all.deb
+
+all:
+deb: $(DEB)
+
+$(BUILDDIR): debian
+ rm -rf $@ $@.tmp
+ rsync -a * $@.tmp/
+ echo "git clone git://git.proxmox.com/git/pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper.git\\ngit checkout $(GITVERSION)" > $@.tmp/debian/SOURCE
+ mv $@.tmp $@
+
+$(DEB): $(BUILDDIR)
+ cd $(BUILDDIR); dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us
+ lintian $(DEB)
+
+dsc: $(DSC)
+ $(MAKE) clean
+ $(MAKE) $(DSC)
+ lintian $(DSC)
+
+$(DSC): $(BUILDDIR)
+ cd $(BUILDDIR); dpkg-buildpackage -S -uc -us
+
+sbuild: $(DSC)
+ sbuild $(DSC)
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper
+ install -d $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+ install -m 0755 pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+
+.PHONY: upload
+upload: UPLOAD_DIST ?= $(DEB_DISTRIBUTION)
+upload: $(DEB)
+ tar cf - $(DEB)|ssh repoman at repo.proxmox.com -- upload --product pve --dist $(UPLOAD_DIST)
+
+.PHONY: distclean
+distclean: clean
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+ rm -rf *~ $(PACKAGE)-[0-9]*/ $(PACKAGE)*.tar.* *.deb *.dsc *.changes *.build *.buildinfo
diff --git a/pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper b/pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8921c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pve-nvidia-vgpu-helper
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use PVE::Tools qw(run_command);
+use PVE::SysFSTools;
+
+use AptPkg::Cache;
+use Dpkg::Version;
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+my @apt_install = qw(apt-get --no-install-recommends install --);
+my @dependencies = qw(dkms libc6-dev proxmox-default-headers);
+my @missing_packages;
+
+die "Please execute the script with root privileges\n" if $>;
+
+my $apt_cache = AptPkg::Cache->new();
+die "unable to initialize AptPkg::Cache\n" if !$apt_cache;
+
+GetOptions('no-blacklist' => \my $no_blacklist, 'help' => \my $help);
+
+if (defined($help)) {
+ print("USAGE:\tpve-nvidia-vgpu-helper [OPTIONS]\n");
+ print("\t --help\n");
+ print("\t --no-blacklist\n");
+ exit;
+}
+
+if (!defined($no_blacklist) && !-e "/etc/modprobe.d/block-nouveau.conf") {
+ run_command(["mkdir", "-p", "/etc/modprobe.d/"]);
+ PVE::SysFSTools::file_write( "/etc/modprobe.d/block-nouveau.conf",
+ "blacklist nouveau" )
+ || die "Could not create block-nouveau.conf";
+
+ run_command(["update-initramfs", "-u", "-k", "all"]);
+}
+
+sub package_is_installed {
+ my ($package) = @_;
+ my $p = $apt_cache->{$package};
+ if (!defined($p->{CurrentState}) || $p->{CurrentState} ne "Installed") {
+ push(@missing_packages, $package);
+ }
+}
+
+sub install_newer_headers {
+ my (%installed_versions) = @_;
+ for my $version (keys(%installed_versions)) {
+ # install header for the running kernel and newer kernel versions
+ package_is_installed("proxmox-headers-$version");
+ }
+}
+
+foreach my $dependency (@dependencies) {
+ package_is_installed($dependency);
+}
+
+
+my $running_kernel;
+run_command( ['/usr/bin/uname', '-r' ],
+ outfunc => sub { $running_kernel = shift } );
+
+if ($running_kernel =~ m/^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+-\d+)-pve$/) {
+ print "You are running the proxmox kernel `proxmox-kernel-$running_kernel`\n";
+ $running_kernel = $1;
+} else {
+ die "You are not using a proxmox-kernel, please make sure that the appropriate header package is installed.\n";
+}
+
+my %installed_versions;
+run_command(['/usr/bin/dpkg-query', '-W', 'proxmox-kernel-*-pve'],
+ outfunc => sub {
+ my $installed_kernel = shift;
+ $installed_kernel =~ m/^\s*proxmox-kernel-(\d+.\d+)(.\d+-\d+)-pve\s*$/;
+ if (Dpkg::Version::version_compare("$running_kernel", "$1$2") != 1){
+ $installed_versions{$1} = 1;
+ }
+ });
+
+install_newer_headers(%installed_versions);
+
+if (!@missing_packages){
+ print "All required packages are installed, you can continue with the Nvidia vGPU driver installation.\n";
+ exit;
+} else {
+ print "The following packages are missing:\n" . join("\n", @missing_packages) ."\n";
+ print "Would you like to install them now (y/n)?\n";
+}
+
+my $answer = <STDIN>;
+if (defined($answer) && $answer =~ m/^\s*y(?:es)?\s*$/i) {
+ if (system(@apt_install, @missing_packages) != 0) {
+ die "apt failed during the installation: ($?)\n";
+ }
+}
--
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