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Fix for qemu-system-x86_64: kvm_set_user_memory_region: KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION failed, slot=6, start=0xc004800000000000, size=0x200000000
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If you get this crash after booting macOS in KVM with AMD GPU passthrough you'll need to disable Above 4GB decoding on your BIOS/UEFI Setup.

qemu-system-x86_64: kvm_set_user_memory_region: KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION failed, slot=6, start=0xc004800000000000, size=0x200000000: Invalid argument kvm_set_phys_mem: error registering slot: Invalid argument
./boot-passthrough.sh: línea 90:  3507 Aborted                (`core' generado) qemu-system-x86_64 "${args[@]}"

That fixed it.

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