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Tnx for bringing up this gitlab issue from Qemu as this is exactly what we (forum topic starter and I) need. I'll monitor that issue for any updates.

The built-in keyboard and mouse from the laptop is not a USB device which I can pass via the Unraid form-based interface. So I have to pass it as an evdev device in the XML view, which I learned from the SpaceInvader video's.

Tnx for this. I checked some of the properties that are available in BAT0 and this seems already half of the story to get to Battery-status in the VM's. So the remaining part, would be the question: how to get this "device" (not sure if you can call it that way) in a VM. I currently pass my keyboard and mousepad already to the VM with this: <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-object'/> <qemu:arg value='input-linux,id=kbd,evdev=/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd,grab_all=on,repeat=on'/> <qemu:arg value='-object'/> <qemu:arg value='input-linux,id=mouse,evdev=/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse'/> </qemu:commandline> Would passing the BAT0 entity be possible in a same manner? Are you able to assist to get the BAT0 into the VM with QEMU directives?

I'm surprised that I didn't made some points clear - I do not want a full blown OS (Windows), that eats up already a part of the system resources + needs to be maintained (updates+virusscanner+firewall) - just to run it as a bare hypervisor with a WIFI driver in it - I want to backup each and every OS easily. Running a Windows natively, also needs to be backed up, but it doesn't backup so nicely (you need software for it) and if it breaks down (due to some crazy Windows update f*ck-ups) it's a pain to get back up Also: - I do not run NAS-like solution in Unraid, because I have a hardware NAS (Synology) for that. - Running a hypervisor (Unraid) in a hypervisor (Windows with Hyper-V) .... can't take this serious, sorry 🤣 - Running Unraid in Windows, and running VM's in Unraid, still has no battery indicator in the VM's in Unraid

+1 for the feature request. I use Unraid on a laptop as well. Many people say Unraid is meant for stationary/traditional servers or desktop PC's, which surely is the common scenario for most users. But I find it very convenient to have virtualization with a nice and clean hypervisor (=Unraid) on my laptop that isn't running in it's own OS like Windows or full blown Linux which will need their own maintenance and updates. I can start Windows with office applications with GPU passthrough, and start Ubuntu and Fedora side by side in VNC full screen on my 3 monitor setup at work. After my office hours, I start Windows with gaming software installed, simply because my laptop contains a RTX3050ti. Separating these use cases in VM's makes sure that these OSes stay clean and dedicated for it's use. Also I can backup them easily. I've seen more forum topics about laptop users requesting a feature or change (most of them requesting Wifi drivers), to make their use of Unraid more useful and I find it regrettable that the largest group of users constantly react with: "that's not the type of device on how you should use Unraid". It simply doesn't help this group of users which is growing over time.

I have always assumed that it is the number of how many Virtual Functions you want to split your video card into. In other words, you will divide your graphics card into 1 to 7 individual graphic cards, however, you loose the ability to output video through a physical connector** that is attached to that video card. So you can have graphical computing power in 1 to 7 Virtual Machines, which you use in a particular way that makes sense to not use a video output over a cable. I'm not sure if the computing power is evenly distributed over the amount of VF's you select. (I think) It should be evenly distributed, but it depends on the implementation of the manufacturer. Maybe you can use a benchmark tool to know for sure. ** The official specification of sr-iov supports up to 4 physical outputs (according to Intel), but I think it's not implemented yet. I've used sr-iov but since I loose the complete physical output, it seems useless to me.

About the physical outputs a video card has... Intel describes SR-IOV like this: (source) Related to item 4: "- Support up to four independent display output and seven virtualized functions (12th generation Intel® Core™ embedded processors)." comes the question: Can we expect this functionality (four independent display outputs) anytime, from the SR-IOV implementation within the Linux Kernel or is it already possible to configure this?

When I use SR-IOV the Intel XE graphics card is correctly detected. I'm using Teamviewer to view the screen, but the resolution is just 640x480. I assume this is because no physical screen is attached to adapt the resolution to. Any ideas how to resolve this?

Will this method (usage of plugin) make it possible to get video on a physical screen directly attached to the laptop? I can attach a SR-IOV graphical adapter 02.1 to the VM, but other than a VNC (or other IP based remote screen viewer) I get no screen output on the laptop's screen, or to a HDMI output directly from/on the host.

The plugin made it possible to have a working GPU without code 43 in a Windows 11 VM. Previously, when I selected 00:02.0 video card, the screen on the laptop went from Unraid Console output to black, and I could RDP into Windows. But no screen output on the laptop. This gave me the Code 43 and a message in the log stating that it couldn't find a ROM. When I select 00:02.1 the laptop's screen remains to outputs the Unraid console output. Within Windows 11 (via RDP) I can see that video card is working (no more Code 43). What about getting output on a physical connection on the (in my case) laptop or on the screen of the laptop?