Seamless GPU Pass-through on Linux
I’m a Linux Gamer and for the most part I ignore games that are not released on Linux or at least run well in Wine, however I do have a back catalog of Windows only games from before Steam arrived on Linux.
Dual booting works, but it’s not all that convenient. Having read about the progress in GPU pass-through and project looking glass, I decided to have a go at setting up a Windows VM with GPU pass-through.
I had a strict criteria for this setup. I wanted to still use the dedicated GPU (dGPU) on the Linux Host for games and programs or in the Windows VM without having to reboot, run any scripts, log out or otherwise restart the X server.
Here’s how I accomplished that.