Re: [PATCH v8 1/1] vfio/nvgpu: Add vfio pci variant module for grace hopper

From: Ankit Agrawal
Date: Mon Sep 11 2023 - 04:17:51 EST


>> I don't see the goal as perfect emulation of the real HW.
>>
>> Aiming for minimally disruptive to the ecosystem to support this
>> quirky pre-CXL HW.
>>
>> Perfect emulation would need a unique VFIO uAPI and more complex qemu
>> changes, and it really brings nothing of value.
>>
>
> Does it mean that this requires maintaining a new guest driver
> different from the existing one on bare metal?

No, the VM would use the same Nvidia open source driver that is used by the
bare metal. (https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules).