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Got a 1080ti bios to add to the collection https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9xjk7ZlI7QiYnBTbkFFcl80azQ

Hopefully this link works. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9xjk7ZlI7QiWGRlLVowMkRMdjg The rom works perfectly. I got one finally. Was a pain as the cards are watercooled. Involved a bunch of pciex ribbins. I will upload the rom tomorrow. It's a 1080FE so would probably work for any standard version 1080 great thanks

I got one finally. Was a pain as the cards are watercooled. Involved a bunch of pciex ribbins. I will upload the rom tomorrow. It's a 1080FE so would probably work for any standard version 1080

Hi i was wondering if anyone has a GTX1080 founders edition bios they have dumped for primary gpu pass-through. If not i will get one in the next few days and post it up, but it will be a pain in the A$$ as my system is watercooled. I dumped the bios with gpuz before i did this build and only now worked out that it won't work. Cheers

I have a TQ backplane for this case. It's a direct pass through backplane and is only limited but the controller you use. Works well. Currently have 12 3tb drives and a bunch of SSD's. Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

I installed the vioscsi driver. Using the 1.118-2 atm but i remember installing a earlier version because i had the same disk usage problem. I stopped putting my VM on the cache drive and just have them on a ssd mounted with unassigned devices now. Not sure if any of that helps

I've got 8Gb for mine and 4 real cores What virtio driver did you install and what version disk are you using Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

Is 2GB of ram enough for a windows VM. I would have thought 4GB would be minimum. Are you sure the disk usage isn't just writing to the swap file?

So i have been messing around a bit. I have a few games that don't get the cpu to clock up. The best i have come up with so far is Echo 100 < /sys/devices/ system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct It sets the amount of cpu frequency the cpu can use when in its lower power mode. Problem is it sets it for all cores. So even idle cores can and do boost to turbo frequency. I haven't worked out how to make it so it only affects the cores I'm using for my VM Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

I found the performance governor gave worse performance as it disabled boost altogether and would only run at the base clock. Interested to see other peoples experiences with it.

Windows doesn't have access to CPU information running as a VM. It will always just show the base clock as the speed

i just disabled hyper-threading. That way the VM gets the whole core. Not sure if theirs any advantage to using hyper-threading with VM's. If you choose to use HT then passing the whole cores to the VM will give the best results

Well it's definitely using boost if it's getting to 3.2GHz don't know why it wouldn't be hitting 3.3. Can you set the multiplier in the bios

Could look at getting flex riser cables to access the pcie slots under the gpu coolers

You have to look into unraid command line to see what frequency you are running. I use this to check out what's going on. watch grep \"cpu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo

Hi i have been trying to change the intel setpoint for the P_state driver. Does anyone here know how i would do that on unraid. Cheers Tuning Intel P-State driver When HWP mode is not used, debugfs files have also been added to allow the tuning of the internal governor algorithm. These files are located at /sys/kernel/debug/pstate_snb/. The algorithm uses a PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) controller. The PID tunable parameters are: deadband d_gain_pct i_gain_pct p_gain_pct sample_rate_ms setpoint To adjust these parameters, some understanding of driver implementation is necessary. There are some tweeks described here, but be very careful. Adjusting them requires expert level understanding of power and performance relationship. These limits are only useful when the "powersave" policy is active. -To make the system more responsive to load changes, sample_rate_ms can be adjusted (current default is 10ms). -To make the system use higher performance, even if the load is lower, setpoint can be adjusted to a lower number. This will also lead to faster ramp up time to reach the maximum P-State. If there are no derivative and integral coefficients, The next P-State will be equal to: current P-State - ((setpoint - current cpu load) * p_gain_pct) For example, if the current PID parameters are (Which are defaults for the core processors like SandyBridge): deadband = 0 d_gain_pct = 0 i_gain_pct = 0 p_gain_pct = 20 sample_rate_ms = 10 setpoint = 97 If the current P-State = 0x08 and current load = 100, this will result in the next P-State = 0x08 - ((97 - 100) * 0.2) = 8.6 (rounded to 9). Here the P-State goes up by only 1. If during next sample interval the current load doesn't change and still 100, then P-State goes up by one again. This process will continue as long as the load is more than the setpoint until the maximum P-State is reached. For the same load at setpoint = 60, this will result in the next P-State = 0x08 - ((60 - 100) * 0.2) = 16 So by changing the setpoint from 97 to 60, there is an increase of the next P-State from 9 to 16. So this will make processor execute at higher P-State for the same CPU load. If the load continues to be more than the setpoint during next sample intervals, then P-State will go up again till the maximum P-State is reached. But the ramp up time to reach the maximum P-State will be much faster when the setpoint is 60 compared to 97.

I use this to see CPU frequencies in real time watch grep \"cpu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo I'm using Intel p states driver. I worked out that the Performance Governor wasn't letting my CPU E5-2689v4 use turbo frequencies. Switching back to the powersave profile and all is well again.

Hi I'm currently trying to setup my server to run VM's on. I'm wondering what settings i need to enable/ disable to get good single core performance for gaming. Do C states cause any issues with unraid? Will unraid let the cpu boost to turbo frequency if p states are enabled or do i have to change something. I noticed when i start unraid it states CPU frequency governor is set to power save. If there a way to change that? Is there any way to check that the cpu hits turbo frequencies? Can anyone explain what bios settings are good to have enabled/disabled to get maximum performance for VM's with unraid. Thanks for any help.

Can i ask what's the purpose of doing this? What extra functionality does it provide? Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

I can't get any bios to attach to any card. I followed the instructions to the letter. Can anyone see what i'm doing wrong? Card is on bus 2 <domain type='kvm' id='1'> <name>Windows 10</name> <uuid>0dea7339-5a49-bc19-1a0c-d4ea1c1942b0</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="windows.png" os="windows10"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>3145728</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>3145728</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> <locked/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='1'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='2'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='3'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='4'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.5'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader> <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/0dea7339-5a49-bc19-1a0c-d4ea1c1942b0_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='1' cores='4' threads='1'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source file='/mnt/user/BackUps/Windows10/vdisk1.img'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.118-1.iso'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <alias name='ide0-0-1'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='nec-xhci'> <alias name='usb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'> <alias name='pci.0'/> </controller> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:46:a6:44'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-Windows 10/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='connected'/> <alias name='channel0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes' xvga='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev0'/> <rom file='/mnt/user/Junk/1080.rom'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x06a3'/> <product id='0x0cd9'/> <address bus='5' device='5'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev2'/> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>

Wasn't sure if this was a genuine pass-through since your just passing the disk through and not the controller

Can you pass through the same HDD to two VMs?

Hi everyone i have a Asus Rampage V and i was wondering if anyone else has this board and how many usb controllers they can pass through. The board says it has 4 usb controllers but i can only find 2. I have one passed through to a VM and the other one for unraid. All the usb ports are in usb bus 3. Both internal and internal with only 2 usb on the back on usb bus 5. Would really like to pass through a second controller without using a usb card as the board it pretty full with 3 gpus and a raid card. Thanks for your help

Hi guys just looking for ideas because I'm running it of them. I have passed through my usb 3.1 controller and it works fine if i put devices in the back of it. Even if the hubs aren't working. once i connect a usb hub i can't get anything to work. The hubs will work sometimes and everythings fine but it's too hit and miss to use. I can even get usb devices to work through a 5m extension np. Just can't work out why sometimes the hubs work then don't. I have 3 different hubs that all have the same problem. If the hubs don't work i can still get the usb to work by plugging it into the back of the card. This isn't an option as i want to run an extention to a hub for setting up desktops away from the server. Any help is appreciated

I got the same problem with windows 7. Did you find out what it is