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PCI passthrough hostdev

Virtualization · pro · solved in-browser (no VM needed) · 3 tiered hints

Write /home/player/domain.xml: pass a host PCI device into a KVM guest with a <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> whose <source> contains an <address> at domain 0x0000, bus 0x01, slot 0x00 and function 0x0. (Authored config, graded structurally - the engine isn't run here.) (Authored config, graded structurally — the engine isn't run here.)

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