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Below is a video for Xen 4.8.0.

Xen 4.8.0: Virtual Machine = Win 10 Pro 64, GPU = HD 7970 ( Vga passthrough), RAM = 8GB, Xen PV Drivers 8.2.0

Configuration file

First I was convinced that I had to patch Xen so VGA Passthrough process can work. Reading Xen documentation I discovered that it was not the case. You just need to override msitranslate parameter to 0 for the GPU Card.

#################################
# Mandatory Configuration Items #
#################################
name="Windows"

########################
# Selecting Guest Type #
########################
builder='hvm'

########################
# Device-Model Options #
########################
device_model_version="qemu-xen-traditional"

# 2 Parameters listed below are optional when device_model_version is set to qemu-xen-traditional
# I keep them here as simple reminder :D
#device_model_override="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
#firmware_override="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"

##################
# CPU Allocation #
##################
vcpus = '4'

#####################
# Memory Allocation #
#####################
memory='8192'

##################################################
# Fully-virtualised (HVM) Guest Specific Options #
##################################################
boot="cd"
hap=1

###################################
# Processor and Platform Features #
###################################
#bios="rombios" # This parameter is optional and can only be set to rombios when using qemu-xen-traditional
pae=1
acpi=1
apic=1
hap=1
hpet=1

###############################
# Guest Virtual Time Controls #
###############################
localtime=1
############
#  Devices #
############
# Disks
#======
disk = [
        'phy:/dev/xenvgssd/mercury-xenvgssd-Window-10-64Bits-disk-1,xvda,w',            # Disk 1
        'file:/opt/Xen/CD_DVD/Win10_1607_SingleLang_French_x64.iso,xvdc:cdrom,r',       # CD-ROM
        ]

# Network Interface
#==================
# Notice model e1000 is supposed to be the fastest device
vif=[ 'mac=00:26:2d:23:c5:ff,bridge=xenbr0,model=e1000' ]

# PCI to Passthrough
#====================
# Notice: For Xen 4.8 I had 
# - to add rdm_policy=relaxed option for USB controllers x2 
# - to override msitranslate to 0 for my graphic card as workaround for VGA Passthrough.
#   parameter pci_msitranslate governs all PCI. Its value can be overridden by using 'msitranslate=0' to a local PCI
#   That the reason why I used it for my HD 7970 AMD Card
#   OR use pci_msitranslate=0 as global value instead of the local parameter for GPU

pci  = [ 
'01:00.0,msitranslate=0',       # VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970]
'01:00.1,msitranslate=0',       # Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Tahiti XT HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7970 Series]
'00:1d.0,rdm_policy=relaxed',   # USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) # USB CONTROLLER - PC FRONT
'00:1a.0,rdm_policy=relaxed'    # USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) # USB CONTROLLER - PC BACK 
]

e820_host=1

# Vga Passthrough
#=================
# Quoted from Xen documentation:
# Note that some graphics adapters (AMD/ATI cards, for example) do not necessarily require 
# gfx_passthru option, so you can use the normal Xen PCI passthrough to assign the graphics card 
# as a secondary graphics card to the VM. The QEMU-emulated graphics card remains the primary 
# graphics card, and VNC output is available from the QEMU-emulated primary adapter.
gfx_passthru=0 # Disables graphics device PCI passthrough.

#################
# Event Actions #
#################
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'

###################################
# Miscellaneous Emulated Hardware #
###################################
usb=1
usbdevice = 'tablet' # Required to get the pointer mouse synchronized while using VNC
soundhw = "all"
serial='pty'
audio="on"

################################
# Emulated VGA Graphics Device #
################################
sdl=0
vnc=1
vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncconsole=1
vncpasswd=''

################################################
# Support for Paravirtualisation of HVM Guests #
################################################
#xen_extended_power_mgmt=1
xen_platform_pci=1
viridian = 1
monitor=1

Hello Xen! Yes I got back to Xen 2 weeks ago. There is no interesting game to port on Linux for the moment. So I took decision to get back to Xen. Below is a video of Windows 10 Home runing as a virtual machine with full access to my GPU (GRID K2). This card reminds me pretty nice great moments for 2011-2013

Xen 4.3.4: Windows 10 Home as virtual machine with full access to GPU (GTX 680, hardcoded to GRID K2)

A couple days ago I set up a VM. This is Ubuntu 12.04.3 32 bits. I have full access to my NVIDIA card. Driver 331.17 was installed.So this is just a simple demo to show that proprietary NVIDIA driver works perfectly with this card hard-moded to GRID K2. High resolutions (2 screens: 2560x1440, 1920x1080) work too Before I set up another VM. It was Linux mint 15 64 Bits. It worked too

Today someone sent me a mail informing me that he was able to soft-moding his GTX 480 to Quadro 6000. I really appreciated it. As a simple reminder explanations are provided here. Here is the mail I received