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Linux Guest Installation Steps (Ubuntu 25.04/Kernel 6.14)

We will need to run the same driver under Linux guests.

  1. Install build tools

    apt install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

  2. Download and install the .deb

    wget -O /tmp/i915-sriov-dkms_2026.03.05_amd64.deb "https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/releases/download/2026.03.05/i915-sriov-dkms_2026.03.05_amd64.deb"
dpkg -i /tmp/i915-sriov-dkms_2026.03.05_amd64.deb

  3. Update kernel parameters nano /etc/default/grub and change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to i915.enable_guc=3 module_blacklist=xe, or add to it if you have other arguments there already.

  4. Once that's done, update grub and initramfs, then reboot.

    update-grub
update-initramfs -u

  5. Once the VM is back up again, do dmesg | grep i915 to see if your VF is recognized by the kernel. You should also check if xe is blacklisted correctly by running lspci -nnk to see which driver is in use by the VF.

  6. Optionally, install vainfo by running apt install vainfo, then do vainfo to see if the iGPU has been picked up by the VAAPI.

  7. If OpenCL is desired:

    apt install intel-opencl-icd
apt install clinfo
clinfo

Uninstallation

Remove the package with dpkg -P i915-sriov-dkms.

If you installed the module manually, or if the package manager fails to remove it from the kernel tree, you can remove it forcibly with: dkms remove i915-sriov-dkms/2026.03.05