• Enable IOMMU support in the BIOS.
  • Detach the GPU from the host machine:
  • Identify the vendor-id and device-id: 
    lspci -Dnn | grep -i NVIDIA
  • You will observe an output such as this: 
    lspci -Dnn | grep -i NVIDIA
0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] [10de:1c03] (rev a1)
0000:05:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:10f1] (rev a1)
  • Take both vendor-id and device-id from the VGA controller and Audio device and apply them to the kernel cmdline parameters like so: 
    sudo vim /etc/default/grub
  • Then edit the line like so: 
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=1G-4G:192M,4G-64G:256M,64G-:512M resume=/dev/mapper/rl-swap rd.lvm.lv=rl/root rd.lvm.lv=rl/swap rhgb quiet pci-stub.ids=10de:1c03,10de:10f1"
  • For Intel systems, you will need to add intel_iommu=on
  • Regenerate the grub bootloader: 
    sudo grubby --args=pci-stub.ids=10de:1c03,10de:10f1 --update-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
  • Ensure the Nouveau drivers are blacklisted: 
    sudo grubby --args=rdblacklist=nouveau --update-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
  • Reboot the machine: 
    sudo reboot
  • Confirm that the kernel cmdline parameters worked successfully: 
    cat /proc/cmdline
  • Create a VM in virt-manager.
  • Add the Graphics Card to the VM. Go to Add Hardware –> PCI Host Device –> Choose your Graphics Card.
  • Hit Finish.
  • Start the VM.
  • Download the GPU driver: 
    wget https://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/550.142/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.142.run
  • Install gcc: 
    sudo dnf install -y gcc
  • Install the kernel-devel package: 
    sudo dnf install -y kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
  • Run the .run installer: 
    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-$DRIVER_VERSION.run
  • Allow the installer to blacklist the nouveau drivers.
  • reboot
  • Check your GPU and driver are detected: 
    lspci -nnk

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