.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:edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel commandline].
+
+The command line parameters are:
* for Intel CPUs:
+
amd_iommu=on
----
-[[qm_pci_passthrough_update_grub]]
-To bring this change in effect, make sure you run:
-
-----
-# update-grub
-----
.Kernel Modules
# update-initramfs -u -k all
----
+If you are using `systemd-boot` make sure to
+xref:systemd-boot-refresh[sync the new initramfs to the bootable partitions].
+
.Finish Configuration
Finally reboot to bring the changes into effect and check that it is indeed
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: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
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^