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  • NVIDIA GPU passthrough not working properly

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    Does anyone know what is happening?

    [ 18.490217] nvidia 0000:00:09.0: irq 37 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 18.492107] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0x56:468)
    [ 18.492460] NVRM: rm_init_adapter failed for device bearing minor number 0
    [ 18.493119] nvidia 0000:00:09.0: irq 37 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 18.494371] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0x56:468)
    [ 18.494415] NVRM: rm_init_adapter failed for device bearing minor number 0
    [kh_tsang@kht-notebook-cuda-vm ~]$ nvidia-smi -a
    Unable to determine the device handle for GPU 0000:00:09.0: Unknown Error
    [kh_tsang@kht-notebook-cuda-vm ~]$

    This is what I have with lspci.
    [kh_tsang@kht-notebook-cuda-vm ~]$ lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
    00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
    00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
    00:01.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Red Hat, Inc. QXL paravirtual graphic card (rev 04)
    00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
    00:04.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
    00:05.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
    00:06.0 Communication controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio console
    00:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device
    00:08.0 Unclassified device [00ff]: Red Hat, Inc Virtio memory balloon
    00:09.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 940MX] (rev a2)
    [kh_tsang@kht-notebook-cuda-vm ~]$

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