From e7ae5f86dba7383ad951dbb4afc5f320e74e40cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Enjeck Cleopatra <32180937+PROTechThor@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:11:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add info about larger swiotlb value --- user/troubleshooting/pci-troubleshooting.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/user/troubleshooting/pci-troubleshooting.md b/user/troubleshooting/pci-troubleshooting.md index 38cfd153..7fc87a6d 100644 --- a/user/troubleshooting/pci-troubleshooting.md +++ b/user/troubleshooting/pci-troubleshooting.md @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ To change this allocation, edit VM's kernel parameters (this is expressed in 512 kernelopts : iommu=soft swiotlb=2048 (default) # qvm-prefs -s netvm kernelopts "iommu=soft swiotlb=8192" +The `8192` value is the default value and some devices may require a larger value (like `16384`). + ## PCI Passthrough Issues ## Sometimes the PCI arbitrator is too strict, which may cause errors such as `Unable to reset PCI device` and other PCI-related errors.