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# NVIDIA vGPU with the 510 driver
# NVIDIA vGPU with the GRID 14.2 driver
Thanks to the great work of a `LIL'pingu` in the vgpu unlock discord we can finally use the (at the time of writing) latest NVIDIA GRID driver with the version number 510.73.06 with most consumer GPUs. Personally I have tested the T1000, a turing based card but others from the discord server got it working with a pascal based card as well.
A few days ago, NVIDIA released their latest enterprise GRID driver. I created a patch that allows the use of most consumer GPUs for vGPU. One notable exception from that list is every officially unsupported Ampere GPU.
This guide and all my tests were done on a RTX 2080 Ti which is based on the Turing architechture.
### This tutorial assumes you are using a clean install of Proxmox 7.2, or ymmv when using an existing installation. Make sure to always have backups!
The patch included in this repository should work on other linux systems with kernel versions >= 5.13 but I have only tested it on proxmox.
The patch included in this repository should work on other linux systems with kernel versions 5.13 to 5.16 but I have only tested it on the current proxmox version.
If you are not using proxmox, you have to adapt some parts of this tutorial to work for your distribution.
## Packages
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First, clone this repo to your home folder (in this case `/root/`)
```bash
git clone https://gitlab.com/polloloco/vgpu-5.15.git
git clone https://gitlab.com/polloloco/vgpu-proxmox.git
```
You also need the vgpu_unlock-rs repo
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## NVIDIA Driver
As of the time of this writing (June 2022), the latest available GRID driver is 14.1 with vGPU driver version 510.73.06. You can check for the latest version [here](https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/). I cannot guarantee that newer versions would work without additional patches, this tutorial only covers 14.1 (510.73.06).
As of the time of this writing (August 2022), the latest available GRID driver is 14.2 with vGPU driver version 510.85.03. You can check for the latest version [here](https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/). I cannot guarantee that newer versions would work without additional patches, this tutorial only covers 14.2 (510.85.03).
### Obtaining the driver
NVIDIA doesn't let you freely download vGPU drivers like they do with GeForce or normal Quadro drivers, instead you have to download them through the [NVIDIA Licensing Portal](https://nvid.nvidia.com/dashboard/) (see: [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/vgpu-software-driver/](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/vgpu-software-driver/)). You can sign up for a free evaluation to get access to the download page.
The file you are looking for is called `NVIDIA-GRID-Linux-KVM-510.73.06-510.73.08-512.78.zip`, you can get it from the download portal by downloading version 14.1 for `Linux KVM`.
NB: When applying for an eval license, do NOT use your personal email or other email at a free email provider like gmail.com. You will probably have to go through manual review if you use such emails. I have very good experience using a custom domain for my email address, that way the automatic verification usually lets me in after about five minutes.
After downloading, extract that and copy the file `NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm.run` to your Proxmox host into the `/root/` folder
The file you are looking for is called `NVIDIA-GRID-Linux-KVM-510.85.03-510.85.02-513.46.zip`, you can get it from the download portal by downloading version 14.2 for `Linux KVM`.
For those who want to find the file somewhere else, here are some checksums :)
```
sha1: 468912059ca86aaa737588c9b92a1f8bfaa071bd
md5: bb330fa7f26e11bebeadefdee9c71e84
```
After downloading, extract that and copy the file `NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run` to your Proxmox host into the `/root/` folder
```bash
scp NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm.run root@pve:/root/
scp NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run root@pve:/root/
```
### Patching the driver
Now, on the proxmox host, make the driver executable
```bash
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm.run
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run
```
And then patch it
```bash
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm.run --apply-patch ~/vgpu-5.15/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm.patch
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run --apply-patch ~/vgpu-proxmox/510.85.03.patch
```
That should output a lot of lines ending with
```
Self-extractible archive "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm-custom.run" successfully created.
Self-extractible archive "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm-custom.run" successfully created.
```
You should now have a file called `NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm-custom.run`, that is your patched driver.
You should now have a file called `NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm-custom.run`, that is your patched driver.
### Installing the driver
Now that the required patch is applied, you can install the driver
```bash
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.73.06-vgpu-kvm-custom.run --dkms
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm-custom.run --dkms
```
The installer will ask you `Would you like to register the kernel module sources with DKMS? This will allow DKMS to automatically build a new module, if you install a different kernel later.`, answer with `Yes`.
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If everything went right, you will be presented with this message.
```
Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 (version: 510.73.06) is now complete.
Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 (version: 510.85.03) is now complete.
```
Click `Ok` to exit the installer.
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You should get an output similar to this one
```
Mon May 30 21:49:13 2022
Sun Aug 7 21:26:58 2022
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.73.06 Driver Version: 510.73.06 CUDA Version: N/A |
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.85.03 Driver Version: 510.85.03 CUDA Version: N/A |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA T1000 On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| 0% 36C P8 N/A / 50W | 35MiB / 4096MiB | 0% Default |
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce ... On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| 26% 33C P8 43W / 260W | 85MiB / 11264MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
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With the wrapper script, the output looks similar to this
```
Mon May 30 22:31:22 2022
Sun Aug 7 21:27:04 2022
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.73.06 Driver Version: 510.73.06 |
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.85.03 Driver Version: 510.85.03 |
|---------------------------------+------------------------------+------------+
| GPU Name | Bus-Id | GPU-Util |
| vGPU ID Name | VM ID VM Name | vGPU-Util |
|=================================+==============================+============|
| 0 NVIDIA T1000 | 00000000:01:00.0 | 0% |
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 208... | 00000000:01:00.0 | 0% |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------+------------+
```
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### Spoofing your vGPU instance
#### Note: This only works on Windows guests, don't bother trying on Linux.
You can very easily spoof your virtual GPU to a different card, so that you could install normal quadro drivers instead of the GRID drivers that require licensing.
For that you just have to add two lines to the override config. In this example I'm spoofing my Turing based card to a normal RTX 6000 Quadro card: