KVM Forum + oVirt Developers Summit

VGA and GPU device assignment is an often requested feature for adding new functionality to to virtual machines, whether it be for gaming or traditional graphics workstation usage. The VFIO userspace driver framework has been extended to include VGA support, enabling QEMU assignment of graphics cards. In this presentation, Alex Williamson will give an overview of the architecture for doing VGA assignment, explain the differences between VGA assignment and traditional PCI device assignment, and provide a current status report for VGA/GPU device assignment in QEMU.