Re: optimized conf for Win!= DomU

[Perun <perun@xxxxxxxxx>]

oh thx... I know spice. I use vnc only for trouble case.
I use directly the screen on the nivida graphics or RDP.

Am 01.06.2021 20:42, schrieb David Hill:
> On 2021-06-01 6:21 a.m., Chris wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use xen with win10 and a passed-through rtx2070 for gaming.
> > At the moment use this config:
> >
> > name = "marax"
> > uuid = "e0de3cb7-3937-417d-8d63-b0993b377b6a"
> > maxmem = 32768
> > memory = 32768
> > vcpus = 16
> > rtc_timeoffset = 0
> > localtime = 1
> > on_poweroff = "destroy"
> > on_reboot = "restart"
> > on_crash = "restart"
> > boot = 'd'
> > vif = [
> > "mac=00:16:3e:05:01:10,bridge=xenbr5,script=vif-bridge,model=e1000" ]
> > parallel = "none"
> > serial = "none"
> > type = "hvm"
> > loader = "/usr/lib64/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> > bios = "ovmf"
> > device_model_version = "qemu-xen"
> > bios_path_override = "/usr/lib64/xen/boot/OVMF.fd"
> > disk = [ "phy:/dev/mapper/marax_c,hda,rw",
> > "phy:/dev/vg_lilith/lv_marax_d,hdb,rw" ]
> > max_grant_frames = "128"
> > pci = [ "01:00.0", "01:00.1", "01:00.2", "01:00.3", "00:1f.3" ]
> > pci_permissive  = 1
> > keymap = "de"
> > vnclisten="0.0.0.0:2"
> > pci_power_mgmt=1
> > xen_platform_pci=1
> > pci_msitranslate=1
> > viridian=1
> > hpet=1
> > acpi=1
> > apic=1
> > pae=1
> > videoram=16
> > stdvga=1
> >
> > it works nice but does someone see something in the config what I can
> > make better? For gaming there is never enough optimizing and power :D
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > -- ------
> > Greetz
> Sorry - message took off when I tried to paste the Spice link in - my 
> bad.
> https://www.spice-space.org/
>
> I see you're passing through the video card, so that should work best,
> but to the extent you're using vnc or equivalent, Spice would be an
> improvement.
>
> It's not super-complicated to set up. You need Spice server to be
> enabled on the host - it's installed by default in major distros so
> that's probably not an issue.
>
> Download the Windows "guest" binaries from the download page and
> install to Windows. Use virt-viewer as the client to access the guest.
>
> On the other hand, since you're passing through the graphics card, 
> maybe there's no need for either vnc or Spice?
>
> Here's the relevant section of my cfg file:
>
> #VIDEO
> videoram                = 128
> vga                     = 'stdvga'
> # 'qxl' doesn't work well in Linux yet 2020.02.10
>
> #SPICE
> spice                   = 1
> spicehost               = '0.0.0.0'
> spiceport               = 6001
> spiceusbredirection     = 4
> spicedisable_ticketing  = 1
> spicevdagent            = 1
> spice_clipboard_sharing = 1
> soundhw                 = 'hda'
>
> # SPICE notes
> # https://www.spice-space.org/index.html
> # Be sure to install spice-vdagent in guest after install
> # for seemless mouse mode.
> # Using Remote Viewer (i.e. virt-viewer), connect to:
> # spice://{localhost}/{host_ip_address}:6001
> # Enables redirecting up to 4 usb devices from spice client to domUs
> # spicedisable_ticketing enabled is for no spice password.
> # To use spicepasswd, replace with:
> # spicepasswd='test'
> # Intel hd audio emulated card used for spice audio
>
> I had trouble with veridien = 1 at one point