Pass through to VM on Linux Host

Posted on Wed 07 July 2021 in Virtual Machine • 2 min read

Before enabling pass through we need to enable IOMMU (input–output memory management unit) by adding following kernel parameters in /etc/default/grub.

  • For intel systems: intel_iommu=on
  • For AMD system, IOMMU is by default enabled.

Additionally add iommmu=pt parameter to prevent linux kernel from touching devices which cannot …


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Windows 10 guest on QEMU

Posted on Fri 22 January 2021 in Virtual Machine • 2 min read

I use Linux (Debian) as my daily driver. However, for some softwares only available on the Windows platform, I use Windows 10 VM in QEMU (managed using virt-manager). There is a myth about the Windows 10 guest under QEMU that they are slow compared to other virtualization techniques/softwares (VirtualBox …


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