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MacPro 6,1 Late 2013 ESXi Ubuntu FirePro D700 / D500 passthough settings
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MacPro-2013-GPU-Passthrough.txt
ESXi Setup
1. Add to /etc/vmware/passthru.map
1002 6798 d3d0 default
1002 aaa0 d3d0 default
2. Run these commands
esxcli system settings kernel set -s vga -v FALSE
esxcli system settings kernel set -s iovDisableIR -v TRUE
3. Add below to VM configuration.
pciPassthru.use64bitMMIO = "TRUE"
pciPassthru.64bitMMIOSizeGB = "128"
4. Extract vBIOS using DarwinDumper by booting MacOS on MacPro.
5. Copy vBIOS to /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vbios.bin
6. Apply Ubuntu kernel patch from https://gist.github.com/shantur/abf342ac48c84b6ebdc5bbee8d750eff
7. Reboot
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patech120 commented May 13, 2022 •
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I intend to try ESXi 7.0, Will this allow me to passthrough the Dual D700s to a Windows VM?

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@patech120 any luck making D500/D700 work under Windows 10 VM?

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shantur commented Dec 24, 2022

Windows won't work under ESXI for that you need qemu / Proxmox

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