Howto gpu passthrough
configure grub
add the following to /etc/default/grub:
for intel:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet ... intel_iommu=on"
for amd:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet ... amd_iommu=on"
re-configure your grub:
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
isolating gpu
find the device id of the gpu:
lspci -nn
edit /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf file and adding the following line with your ids:
options vfio-pci ids=10de:13c0,10de:0fbb
edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add the following:
MODULES="vfio vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_pci vfio_virqfd"
In the same file, also add modconf to the HOOKS line:
HOOKS="modconf"
backup your existing initramsfs image:
cp /boot/initramfs-linux.img /boot/default-initramfs-linux.img
rebuild initramfs:
mkinitcpio -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
reboot your system:
reboot now