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# vgpu\_unlock
Unlock vGPU functionality for consumer grade GPUs.
Unlock vGPU functionality for consumer-grade Nvidia GPUs.
## Important!
This tool is very untested, use at your own risk.
This tool is not guarenteed to work out of the box in some cases, so use it at your own risk.
## Description
This tool enables the use of Geforce and Quadro GPUs with the NVIDIA vGPU
software. NVIDIA vGPU normally only supports a few Tesla GPUs but since some
Geforce and Quadro GPUs share the same physical chip as the Tesla this is only
a software limitation for those GPUs. This tool aims to remove this limitation.
software. NVIDIA vGPU normally only supports a few datacenter Tesla and professional Quadro GPUs by design,
but not consumer graphics cards through a software limitation. This tool aims to remove this limitation.
A community maintained Wiki written by Krutav Shah with a lot more information is [available here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pzrWJ9h-zANCtyqRgS7Vzla0Y8Ea2-5z2HEi4X75d2Q/edit?usp=sharing)
## Dependencies:
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Modify the file `/usr/src/nvidia-<version>/nvidia/os-interface.c` and add the
following line after the lines begining with `#include` at the start of the
following line after the lines begining with `#include` at the beginning of the
file.
```
#include "<path_to_vgpu_unlock>/vgpu_unlock_hooks.c"
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**NOTE**
This script will only work if there exists a vGPU compatible Tesla GPU that
uses the same physical chip as the actual GPU being used.
This script only works with graphics cards in the same generation as their professional Tesla counterparts.
As a result, only Maxwell and newer generation Nvidia GPUs are supported. It is not designed to be used with
low end graphics card models, so not all cards are guarenteed to work smoothly with vGPU. For the best experience,
it is recommended to use graphics cards with the same chip model as the Tesla cards. The same applies to the
operating system as well, as certain bleeding-edge Linux distributions may not work well with vGPU software.
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