[Bug 1873340] [NEW] KVM Old ATI(pre) AMD card passthrough is not working

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Public bug reported:

Hello,
tried to passthroug old ATI pre AMD PCI / PCI-E cards, on machine where 
anything else is working - Nvidia /Matrox / 3dfx cards..

Here are results:
ATI Mach 64 PCI - videocard - machine start segfault
ATI Rage XL PCI - videocard - machine start segfault
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI - Segmentation fault
ATI X600 Giabyte GV-RX60P128D - Segmentation fault
ATI X700 PCI-E Legend - videocard - completely broken picture from boot
ATI X800 XL PCI-E Gigabyte - videocard - completely broken picture from boot
  All cards have last bioses.

ATI X600 - HP one professional with DMS-59 connector, im unable to make
passthrough, but im not able to set in Windows 98/WinXP machine..
anything less than 16 bit colors.. Im getting VM crashes or boot
freezes, when i try to boot with more colors.

 Qemu 2.11 and 4.2, is the same, Mint Linux 19.3. Giabyte Z170 MB.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Hello,
  tried to passthroug old ATI pre AMD PCI / PCI-E cards, on machine where 
anything else is working - Nvidia /Matrox / 3dfx cards..
  
  Here are results:
  ATI Mach 64 PCI - videocard - machine start segfault
  ATI Rage XL PCI - videocard - machine start segfault
  ATI Radeon 7000 PCI - Segmentation fault
  ATI X600 Giabyte GV-RX60P128D - Segmentation fault
  ATI X700 PCI-E Legend - videocard - completely broken picture from boot
  ATI X800 XL PCI-E Gigabyte - videocard - completely broken picture from boot
-   All cards has last bioses.
+   All cards have last bioses.
  
  ATI X600 - HP one professional with DMS-59 connector, im unable to make
  passthrough, but im not able to set in Windows 98/WinXP machine..
  anything less than 16 bit colors.. Im getting VM crashes or boot
  freezes, when i try to boot with more colors.
  
-  Qemu 2.11 and 4.2, is the same, Mint Linux 19.3.
+  Qemu 2.11 and 4.2, is the same, Mint Linux 19.3. Giabyte Z170 MB.

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Title:
  KVM Old ATI(pre) AMD card passthrough is not working

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello,
  tried to passthroug old ATI pre AMD PCI / PCI-E cards, on machine where 
anything else is working - Nvidia /Matrox / 3dfx cards..

  Here are results:
  ATI Mach 64 PCI - videocard - machine start segfault
  ATI Rage XL PCI - videocard - machine start segfault
  ATI Radeon 7000 PCI - Segmentation fault
  ATI X600 Giabyte GV-RX60P128D - Segmentation fault
  ATI X700 PCI-E Legend - videocard - completely broken picture from boot
  ATI X800 XL PCI-E Gigabyte - videocard - completely broken picture from boot
    All cards have last bioses.

  ATI X600 - HP one professional with DMS-59 connector, im unable to
  make passthrough, but im not able to set in Windows 98/WinXP machine..
  anything less than 16 bit colors.. Im getting VM crashes or boot
  freezes, when i try to boot with more colors.

   Qemu 2.11 and 4.2, is the same, Mint Linux 19.3. Giabyte Z170 MB.

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