igpu passthrough general questions

[alturismo]

Hi, no idea if this is the correct place to ask some general questions about i915 usage

 

for my understanding

 

modprobe i915 is loading the driver for the unraid host ? or just enabling something (driver support etc) ?

the docker(s) use the /dev/dri ... do the docker(s) need to load seperate drivers for usage or is the driver loaded from the host then ?

 

and when its only enabling, may why its not so easy for an nvidia card to get enabled for dockers in unraid ?

 

just out of interest, i currently have my 2 nvidias passed to VM´s and my igpu is used by plex, emby and tvheadend, also wondering why

more dockers can make use of 1 gpu while a VM passthrough is only exclusive possible via pci-e passthrough

 

thats even a reason why i changed my setup, before i had my igpu for 1 of my VM´s, but as i cant make usage of an nvidia card for docker(s) i switched

and all is running good here, its just out of interest and my unserstanding.

 

thanks ahead and move if im wrong here