libvf.io
Infrastructure
virtualization gpu sharing
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
10 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 7 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive approach to consumer GPU virtualization
From 3 comments
This is insanely impressive. Having tried set up GPU passthrough in proxmox a few years ago, it was an absolute disaster. I would love to see this kind of approach more widely…
gh123man on HNVery impressive. You should also post this to the Level1Techs forum
COGlory on HNVery, very cool! I've set up a dual-GPU system in the past using two nvidia GPUs and whilst I found the trek towards PCI passthrough to other virtual machines rewarding when it…
scarygliders on HN
Objections
Documentation is lacking
From 1 comment
I'm familiar with linux virtualization, gpu passthrough, etc. I've never heard of arcd and they've made no attempt in this doc or on their git to explain what it is or why it…
uberduper on HN
AMD consumer GPUs are largely unsupported
From 1 comment
vGPU_Unlock's Merged driver is an optional package you can include but if you don't want to use it there's no explicit dependance. We actually enable these features using a…
ArcVRArthur on HN
Requests
Support for more Linux distributions such as Arch, Fedora and PopOS
From 2 comments
Ya the lock out is absolutely arbitrary. There is zero physical difference between the consumer and server chips for these features. I think actually there's a lot of benefit to…
ArcVRArthur on HNVery, very cool! I've set up a dual-GPU system in the past using two nvidia GPUs and whilst I found the trek towards PCI passthrough to other virtual machines rewarding when it…
scarygliders on HN
NVMe namespace splitting
From 1 comment
That's very impressive! You may want to do the same for NVMe: creating several namespaces is not supported on most consumer drives, while laptops can rarely have more than 1 NVMe…
csdvrx on HN
Questions
Does it work with Ampere GPUs?
From 1 comment
This looks really nice. Does this work with Ampere GPUs?
omreaderhn on HN
Does it still need vgpu_unlock on Nvidia cards?
From 1 comment
Just to clarify because I've failed at doing pretty much the setup that you are describing with my 1080Ti. Does this still require the vgpu_unlock changes for Nvidia cards or is…
belval on HN
Alternatives named
vgpu_unlock
From 1 comment
Is the process of unlocking these features on Nvidia GPUs similar to something like the vgpu_unlock tool is doing?[1] No affiliation, just came across it trying to find a…
kipchak on HN
Hyper-V GPU-P
From 1 comment
For replacing RemoteFX vGPU, what you might want is https://forum.level1techs.com/t/2-gamers-1-gpu-with-hyper-v-gpu-p-gpu-partitioning-finally-made-possible-with-hyperv/172234…
my123 on HN
Intel GVT-g
From 1 comment
Note Intel GVT-g is only available on <=Gen9 GPU's. Gen11 and 12 are not supported.
kfprt on HN
Looking Glass
From 1 comment
I'm familiar with linux virtualization, gpu passthrough, etc. I've never heard of arcd and they've made no attempt in this doc or on their git to explain what it is or why it…
uberduper on HN