.IOMMU
-The IOMMU has to be activated on the kernel commandline. The easiest way is to
-enable trough grub. Edit `'/etc/default/grub'' and add the following to the
-'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT' variable:
+The IOMMU has to be activated on the
+xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel commandline].
+
+The command line parameters are:
* for Intel CPUs:
+
amd_iommu=on
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-[[qm_pci_passthrough_update_grub]]
-To bring this change in effect, make sure you run:
-
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-# update-grub
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.Kernel Modules
with 5th, 6th and 7th generation Intel Core Processors, as well as E3 v4, E3
v5 and E3 v6 Xeon Processors.
-To enable it for Intel Graphcs, you have to make sure to load the module
-'kvmgt' (for example via `/etc/modules`) and to enable it on the Kernel
-commandline. For this you can edit `'/etc/default/grub'' and add the following
-to the 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT' variable:
+To enable it for Intel Graphics, you have to make sure to load the module
+'kvmgt' (for example via `/etc/modules`) and to enable it on the
+xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[Kernel commandline] and add the following parameter:
----
i915.enable_gvt=1
After that remember to
xref:qm_pci_passthrough_update_initramfs[update the `initramfs`],
-xref:qm_pci_passthrough_update_grub[update grub] and
-reboot your host.
+and reboot your host.
VM Configuration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^