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[pve-docs.git] / qm-pci-passthrough.adoc

diff --git a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
index abb9075abd163ad59761834435a3b771e6f0e855..edaa01f5011945fdf8eb20d03a2469b6df2d9cf0 100644 (file)
--- a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
+++ b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ some configuration to enable PCI(e) passthrough.
 
 .IOMMU
 
-The IOMMU has to be activated on the
+First, the IOMMU support has to be enabled in your BIOS/UEFI. Most often, that
+options is named `IOMMU` or `VT-d`, but check the manual for your motherboard
+for the exact option you need to enable.
+
+Then, the IOMMU has to be activated on the
 xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel commandline].
 
 The command line parameters are:
@@ -55,12 +59,7 @@ The command line parameters are:
 ----
  intel_iommu=on
 ----
-* for AMD CPUs:
-+
-----
- amd_iommu=on
-----
-
+* for AMD CPUs it should be enabled automatically.
 
 .Kernel Modules
 
@@ -206,7 +205,9 @@ configuration, for example by executing:
 ----
 
 If your device has multiple functions (e.g., ``00:02.0`' and ``00:02.1`' ),
-you can pass them through all together with the shortened syntax ``00:02`'
+you can pass them through all together with the shortened syntax ``00:02`'.
+This is equivalent with checking the ``All Functions`' checkbox in the
+web-interface.
 
 There are some options to which may be necessary, depending on the device
 and guest OS:
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ Mediated Devices (vGPU, GVT-g)
 
 Mediated devices are another method to reuse features and performance from
 physical hardware for virtualized hardware. These are found most common in
-virtualized GPU setups such as Intels GVT-g and Nvidias vGPUs used in their
+virtualized GPU setups such as Intel's GVT-g and NVIDIA's vGPUs used in their
 GRID technology.
 
 With this, a physical Card is able to create virtual cards, similar to SR-IOV.
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ In general your card's driver must support that feature, otherwise it will
 not work. So please refer to your vendor for compatible drivers and how to
 configure them.
 
-Intels drivers for GVT-g are integrated in the Kernel and should work
+Intel's drivers for GVT-g are integrated in the Kernel and should work
 with 5th, 6th and 7th generation Intel Core Processors, as well as E3 v4, E3
 v5 and E3 v6 Xeon Processors.