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Was going trough this thread since I didn't know about this flavor of loader and had to give info for this. In ESXi 7 it is actually possible to have virtual USB in VM and it is possible to boot DSM from it. This is how I run DS918 on it, but there are some limitation like not being able to work with any image which has 3.x kernel. So here is what works for me: Add USB 3 controller to VM UEFI Bios has to be used Edit Settings => VM Options => Boot Options Frimware: EFI Enable UEFI secure boot: uncheck Edit Settings => VM Options => Advanced in the option Configuration Parameters: Edit Configuration and then add usb_xhci:3.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:3.deviceType = "disk" usb_xhci:3.fileName = "/path/to/tinycore-redpill-uefi.vmdk" usb_xhci:3.readonly = "FALSE" You need to use UEFI loader immage and correct vid pid for ESXi has to be set in loader: vid=0x0e0f pid=0x0005 Don't forget to set correct mac and serial, generate with loader serial and mac and then set those in VM config You also need to convert loader image from raw to vmdk you can use StarWind V2V for this or simply create file tinycore-redpill-uefi.vmdk with following content: # Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=0d1377b4 parentCID=ffffffff createType="vmfs" # Extent description RW 2097152 VMFS "tinycore-redpill-uefi.img" 0 # The Disk Data Base #DDB ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic" ddb.geometry.cylinders = "131" ddb.geometry.heads = "255" ddb.geometry.sectors = "63" ddb.uuid = "13 9e c3 cf c3 cf 86 0b-a1 90 b9 72 04 b0 91 7e" ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4" and put loader image in the same folder as this vmdk, loader has to be named tinycore-redpill-uefi.img When you set it up like this you can use USB boot for DS918. For reference this is how user config looks like: { "extra_cmdline": { "vid": "0x0e0f", "pid": "0x0005", "sn": "<SERIALNR>", "mac1": "<mac1>", "mac2": "<mac2>" }, "synoinfo": { "netif_num" : "2" }, "ramdisk_copy": {} } On Proxmox virtual usb boot can be done by following these steps: Upload tinycore-redpill-uefi.img to proxmox in folder /var/lib/vz/images/ Set your VM bios to OVMF (UEFI) Add following to vm config (ie /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf) args: -device 'qemu-xhci,addr=0x18' -drive 'id=my_usb_disk,file=/var/lib/vz/images/ tinycore-redpill-uefi.img,if=none,format=raw' -device 'usb-storage,id=my_usb_disk,drive=my_usb_disk,bootindex=5' Correct vid pid has to be set for proxmox vid: 0x46f4 pid: 0x0001 Don't forget to set correct mac and serial, generate with loader serial and mac and then set those in VM config For reference VM config (100.conf) would look something like this: args: -device 'qemu-xhci,addr=0x18' -drive 'id=my_usb_disk,file=/var/lib/vz/images/tinycore-redpill-uefi.img,if=none,format=raw' -device 'usb-storage,id=my_usb_disk,drive=my_usb_disk,bootindex=5' bios: ovmf boot: order=sata0;net0 cores: 2 memory: 2048 name: test net0: e1000=00:12:34:56:78:9A,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1 numa: 0 ostype: l26 sata0: local-lvm:vm-100-disk-0,size=8G scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci smbios1: uuid=c17d8446-9f13-4af4-96ea-6bcaed77e5ea sockets: 1 vmgenid: d89fa586-cb9b-475e-87ac-873d2babb8ba

No luck with this driver. I use ESXi 7 with pci pass-through of UHD Graphics 630. VM crashes the second I insmod this driver, first time I tried it on daily VM by replacing original driver 🤦‍♂️. Had to recover VM by accessing system partition and returning original driver, but lost all the settings carried over after migration from 6.2.3 and had to reinstall DSM7. Here is log from test VM once I unload original and insmod this universal driver. [ 680.703934] Module [i915] is removed. [ 699.040010] i915 0000:1b:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) [ 699.042244] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). [ 699.043130] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. [ 699.043925] i915 0000:1b:00.0: BAR 6: can't assign [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x20000000] (bogus alignment) [ 699.045161] [drm] Failed to find VBIOS tables (VBT) [ 699.045999] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:1b:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none [ 699.048974] [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (v1.4) [ 699.051325] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20171222 for 0000:1b:00.0 on minor 0 [ 699.277508] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes [ 699.278857] i915 0000:1b:00.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device [ 699.579460] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018 [ 699.580725] IP: [<ffffffffa0ca0aee>] intel_plane_atomic_check+0xe/0x60 [i915] [ 699.581738] PGD e2a3067 PUD 737f4067 PMD 0 [ 699.582378] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 699.582872] Modules linked in: i915(E) fuse 8021q vhost_scsi(O) vhost(O) tcm_loop(O) iscsi_target_mod(O) target_core_user(O) target_core_ep(O) target_core_multi_file(O) target_core_file(O) target_core_iblock(O) target_core_mod(O) syno_extent_pool(PO) rodsp_ep(O) vfat fat udf isofs loop synoacl_vfs(PO) btrfs ecryptfs zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash xor raid6_pq aesni_intel glue_helper lrw gf128mul ablk_helper apollolake_synobios(PO) hid_generic usbhid hid usblp drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops cfbfillrect cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks iosf_mbi fb fbdev video backlight button uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd r8168(O) i2c_algo_bit igb(O) sg dm_snapshot dm_bufio crc_itu_t crc_ccitt psnap p8022 llc hfsplus md4 hmac sit tunnel4 ipv6 flashcache_syno(O) flashcache(O) syno_flashcache_control(O) dm_mod arc4 crc32c_intel cryptd sha256_generic ecb aes_x86_64 authenc des_generic ansi_cprng cts md5 cbc cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_performance zram processor cpufreq_stats vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ip_tunnel etxhci_hcd e1000e(OE) usb_storage xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common [last unloaded: i915] [ 699.598705] CPU: 0 PID: 18351 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: P OE 4.4.180+ #42218 [ 699.599800] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 12/24/2020 [ 699.601401] Workqueue: events output_poll_execute [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.602252] task: ffff880049228000 ti: ffff88004d920000 task.ti: ffff88004d920000 [ 699.603255] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0ca0aee>] [<ffffffffa0ca0aee>] intel_plane_atomic_check+0xe/0x60 [i915] [ 699.604562] RSP: 0018:ffff88004d923ab0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 699.605281] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88004f2d3c00 RCX: ffff88000e1a4000 [ 699.606239] RDX: ffff88002f9e0000 RSI: ffff88000e5ef200 RDI: ffff88004f2d3c00 [ 699.607195] RBP: ffff88004d923ae8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000002 [ 699.608153] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88000e5ef200 [ 699.609107] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88000db1e400 R15: ffffffffa0d1b080 [ 699.610063] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88007dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 699.611146] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 699.611914] CR2: 0000000000000018 CR3: 00000000779a7000 CR4: 00000000003606f0 [ 699.612889] Stack: [ 699.613175] ffffffffa0475b8f 0040000000000000 ffff88000db1e400 ffff88007921a000 [ 699.614246] ffff88000d943000 ffff88002f9e0000 ffff88002f9e0000 ffff88004d923b90 [ 699.615324] ffffffffa0cbc227 ffff88002f9e0000 0000000000000000 ffff88004d923b88 [ 699.616404] Call Trace: [ 699.616748] [<ffffffffa0475b8f>] ? drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xcf/0x220 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.617915] [<ffffffffa0cbc227>] intel_atomic_check+0x427/0x11f0 [i915] [ 699.618843] [<ffffffffa0ca0830>] ? intel_plane_duplicate_state+0x20/0x50 [i915] [ 699.619842] [<ffffffff81577aa6>] ? __ww_mutex_lock+0x46/0x80 [ 699.620626] [<ffffffffa03fff02>] drm_atomic_check_only+0x392/0x5a0 [drm] [ 699.621542] [<ffffffffa03ffb5e>] ? drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors+0xde/0xf0 [drm] [ 699.622630] [<ffffffffa0400123>] drm_atomic_commit+0x13/0x60 [drm] [ 699.623475] [<ffffffffa047e0a5>] restore_fbdev_mode_atomic+0x1a5/0x220 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.624564] [<ffffffffa047e31d>] restore_fbdev_mode+0x2d/0x150 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.625568] [<ffffffffa047e52c>] drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0x4c/0xa0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.626815] [<ffffffffa047e5a8>] drm_fb_helper_set_par+0x28/0x50 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.627832] [<ffffffffa047e67e>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event.part.34+0xae/0xc0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.629012] [<ffffffffa047e6ac>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x1c/0x20 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.630102] [<ffffffffa0cd9e1f>] intel_fbdev_output_poll_changed+0x2f/0x60 [i915] [ 699.631116] [<ffffffffa046cd45>] drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event+0x25/0x30 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.632214] [<ffffffffa046ce00>] output_poll_execute+0x90/0x1b0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.633217] [<ffffffff810891c6>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x466/0x470 [ 699.634063] [<ffffffff81073ceb>] worker_run_work+0x9b/0xe0 [ 699.634815] [<ffffffffa046cd70>] ? drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker+0x20/0x20 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.635949] [<ffffffff8106b2e3>] process_one_work+0x1e3/0x4f0 [ 699.636728] [<ffffffff8106b61e>] worker_thread+0x2e/0x4b0 [ 699.637471] [<ffffffff8106b5f0>] ? process_one_work+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ 699.638282] [<ffffffff810700f5>] kthread+0xd5/0xf0 [ 699.638942] [<ffffffff81070020>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x160/0x160 [ 699.639754] [<ffffffff81579fef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x80 [ 699.640480] [<ffffffff81070020>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x160/0x160 [ 699.641294] Code: c7 c2 28 cd d3 a0 be 04 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 33 b3 d2 a0 e8 c6 96 76 ff eb dc 0f 1f 40 00 8b 87 54 02 00 00 4c 8b 46 78 48 c1 e0 05 <49> 03 40 18 48 8b 50 10 48 8b 46 08 48 85 c0 74 28 55 48 8d 0e [ 699.645109] RIP [<ffffffffa0ca0aee>] intel_plane_atomic_check+0xe/0x60 [i915] [ 699.646117] RSP <ffff88004d923ab0> [ 699.646593] CR2: 0000000000000018 [ 699.647049] ---[ end trace c1697d1dfeb185ef ]--- [ 699.658817] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 699.659455] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 18351 at kernel/softirq.c:150 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90() [ 699.660622] Modules linked in: i915(E) fuse 8021q vhost_scsi(O) vhost(O) tcm_loop(O) iscsi_target_mod(O) target_core_user(O) target_core_ep(O) target_core_multi_file(O) target_core_file(O) target_core_iblock(O) target_core_mod(O) syno_extent_pool(PO) rodsp_ep(O) vfat fat udf isofs loop synoacl_vfs(PO) btrfs ecryptfs zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash xor raid6_pq aesni_intel glue_helper lrw gf128mul ablk_helper apollolake_synobios(PO) hid_generic usbhid hid usblp drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops cfbfillrect cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks iosf_mbi fb fbdev video backlight button uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd r8168(O) i2c_algo_bit igb(O) sg dm_snapshot dm_bufio crc_itu_t crc_ccitt psnap p8022 llc hfsplus md4 hmac sit tunnel4 ipv6 flashcache_syno(O) flashcache(O) syno_flashcache_control(O) dm_mod arc4 crc32c_intel cryptd sha256_generic ecb aes_x86_64 authenc des_generic ansi_cprng cts md5 cbc cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_performance zram processor cpufreq_stats vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ip_tunnel etxhci_hcd e1000e(OE) usb_storage xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common [last unloaded: i915] [ 699.676165] CPU: 0 PID: 18351 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: P D OE 4.4.180+ #42218 [ 699.677259] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 12/24/2020 [ 699.678861] 0000000000000000 ffff88004d923798 ffffffff812ef89d 0000000000000009 [ 699.679933] 0000000000000000 ffff88004d9237d0 ffffffff8105255f 0000000000000200 [ 699.681025] ffff880049228000 0000000000000001 ffff880049228000 0000000000000009 [ 699.682108] Call Trace: [ 699.682453] [<ffffffff812ef89d>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x70 [ 699.683145] [<ffffffff8105255f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xb0 [ 699.683966] [<ffffffff81052646>] warn_slowpath_null+0x16/0x20 [ 699.684765] [<ffffffff81056211>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90 [ 699.685586] [<ffffffff815797a5>] _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x15/0x20 [ 699.686382] [<ffffffff810d7d23>] cgroup_exit+0x53/0xc0 [ 699.687093] [<ffffffff81054f8c>] do_exit+0x2bc/0xaa0 [ 699.687781] [<ffffffff810a1b02>] ? kmsg_dump+0x92/0xb0 [ 699.688498] [<ffffffff810082e4>] oops_end+0x84/0xb0 [ 699.689174] [<ffffffff81042272>] no_context+0x102/0x2b0 [ 699.689896] [<ffffffff8104252c>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x10c/0x200 [ 699.690759] [<ffffffff8104262e>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0xe/0x10 [ 699.691560] [<ffffffff81042a09>] __do_page_fault+0x1f9/0x400 [ 699.692341] [<ffffffff81042c1c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0x10 [ 699.693062] [<ffffffff8157ba52>] page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 699.693775] [<ffffffffa0ca0aee>] ? intel_plane_atomic_check+0xe/0x60 [i915] [ 699.694731] [<ffffffffa0475b8f>] ? drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xcf/0x220 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.695903] [<ffffffffa0cbc227>] intel_atomic_check+0x427/0x11f0 [i915] [ 699.696819] [<ffffffffa0ca0830>] ? intel_plane_duplicate_state+0x20/0x50 [i915] [ 699.697817] [<ffffffff81577aa6>] ? __ww_mutex_lock+0x46/0x80 [ 699.698606] [<ffffffffa03fff02>] drm_atomic_check_only+0x392/0x5a0 [drm] [ 699.699527] [<ffffffffa03ffb5e>] ? drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors+0xde/0xf0 [drm] [ 699.700598] [<ffffffffa0400123>] drm_atomic_commit+0x13/0x60 [drm] [ 699.701446] [<ffffffffa047e0a5>] restore_fbdev_mode_atomic+0x1a5/0x220 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.702542] [<ffffffffa047e31d>] restore_fbdev_mode+0x2d/0x150 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.703537] [<ffffffffa047e52c>] drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0x4c/0xa0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.704793] [<ffffffffa047e5a8>] drm_fb_helper_set_par+0x28/0x50 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.705819] [<ffffffffa047e67e>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event.part.34+0xae/0xc0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.707001] [<ffffffffa047e6ac>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x1c/0x20 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.708098] [<ffffffffa0cd9e1f>] intel_fbdev_output_poll_changed+0x2f/0x60 [i915] [ 699.709124] [<ffffffffa046cd45>] drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event+0x25/0x30 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.710234] [<ffffffffa046ce00>] output_poll_execute+0x90/0x1b0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.711249] [<ffffffff810891c6>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x466/0x470 [ 699.712099] [<ffffffff81073ceb>] worker_run_work+0x9b/0xe0 [ 699.712860] [<ffffffffa046cd70>] ? drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker+0x20/0x20 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.713995] [<ffffffff8106b2e3>] process_one_work+0x1e3/0x4f0 [ 699.714792] [<ffffffff8106b61e>] worker_thread+0x2e/0x4b0 [ 699.715548] [<ffffffff8106b5f0>] ? process_one_work+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ 699.716364] [<ffffffff810700f5>] kthread+0xd5/0xf0 [ 699.717035] [<ffffffff81070020>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x160/0x160 [ 699.717863] [<ffffffff81579fef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x80 [ 699.718600] [<ffffffff81070020>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x160/0x160 [ 699.719426] ---[ end trace c1697d1dfeb185f0 ]--- [ 699.720117] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffffffffd8 [ 699.721101] IP: [<ffffffff810705eb>] kthread_data+0xb/0x20 [ 699.721871] PGD 420d067 PUD 420f067 PMD 0 [ 699.722496] Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP [ 699.722985] Modules linked in: i915(E) fuse 8021q vhost_scsi(O) vhost(O) tcm_loop(O) iscsi_target_mod(O) target_core_user(O) target_core_ep(O) target_core_multi_file(O) target_core_file(O) target_core_iblock(O) target_core_mod(O) syno_extent_pool(PO) rodsp_ep(O) vfat fat udf isofs loop synoacl_vfs(PO) btrfs ecryptfs zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash xor raid6_pq aesni_intel glue_helper lrw gf128mul ablk_helper apollolake_synobios(PO) hid_generic usbhid hid usblp drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops cfbfillrect cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks iosf_mbi fb fbdev video backlight button uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd r8168(O) i2c_algo_bit igb(O) sg dm_snapshot dm_bufio crc_itu_t crc_ccitt psnap p8022 llc hfsplus md4 hmac sit tunnel4 ipv6 flashcache_syno(O) flashcache(O) syno_flashcache_control(O) dm_mod arc4 crc32c_intel cryptd sha256_generic ecb aes_x86_64 authenc des_generic ansi_cprng cts md5 cbc cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_performance zram processor cpufreq_stats vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ip_tunnel etxhci_hcd e1000e(OE) usb_storage xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common [last unloaded: i915] [ 699.738541] CPU: 0 PID: 18351 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: P D W OE 4.4.180+ #42218 [ 699.739636] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 12/24/2020 [ 699.741236] task: ffff880049228000 ti: ffff88004d920000 task.ti: ffff88004d920000 [ 699.742230] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810705eb>] [<ffffffff810705eb>] kthread_data+0xb/0x20 [ 699.743316] RSP: 0018:ffff88004d9237c0 EFLAGS: 00010002 [ 699.744029] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 699.744989] RDX: ffff88007b004080 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff880049228000 [ 699.745951] RBP: ffff88004d9237c0 R08: ffff88007dc16368 R09: 000000a2ea9194a6 [ 699.746918] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000001000 R12: ffff880049228000 [ 699.747870] R13: ffff88007dc16300 R14: ffff88007dc16300 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 699.748828] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88007dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 699.749917] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 699.750691] CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 000000007a75f000 CR4: 00000000003606f0 [ 699.751666] Stack: [ 699.751947] ffff88004d9237d8 ffffffff8106c37c 0000000000016300 ffff88004d923828 [ 699.753027] ffffffff81575c51 000000005c30b350 ffff88004d923820 ffff880049228000 [ 699.754107] ffff880049228000 ffff88004d923878 ffff88004d923428 ffff88007b0f0000 [ 699.755182] Call Trace: [ 699.755530] [<ffffffff8106c37c>] wq_worker_sleeping+0xc/0x90 [ 699.756312] [<ffffffff81575c51>] __schedule+0x371/0x820 [ 699.757035] [<ffffffff81576126>] schedule+0x26/0x70 [ 699.757713] [<ffffffff81055379>] do_exit+0x6a9/0xaa0 [ 699.758401] [<ffffffff810082e4>] oops_end+0x84/0xb0 [ 699.759072] [<ffffffff81042272>] no_context+0x102/0x2b0 [ 699.759788] [<ffffffff8104252c>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x10c/0x200 [ 699.760643] [<ffffffff8104262e>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0xe/0x10 [ 699.761436] [<ffffffff81042a09>] __do_page_fault+0x1f9/0x400 [ 699.762213] [<ffffffff81042c1c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0x10 [ 699.762932] [<ffffffff8157ba52>] page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 699.763634] [<ffffffffa0ca0aee>] ? intel_plane_atomic_check+0xe/0x60 [i915] [ 699.764583] [<ffffffffa0475b8f>] ? drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xcf/0x220 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.765744] [<ffffffffa0cbc227>] intel_atomic_check+0x427/0x11f0 [i915] [ 699.766649] [<ffffffffa0ca0830>] ? intel_plane_duplicate_state+0x20/0x50 [i915] [ 699.767633] [<ffffffff81577aa6>] ? __ww_mutex_lock+0x46/0x80 [ 699.768411] [<ffffffffa03fff02>] drm_atomic_check_only+0x392/0x5a0 [drm] [ 699.769324] [<ffffffffa03ffb5e>] ? drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors+0xde/0xf0 [drm] [ 699.770385] [<ffffffffa0400123>] drm_atomic_commit+0x13/0x60 [drm] [ 699.771235] [<ffffffffa047e0a5>] restore_fbdev_mode_atomic+0x1a5/0x220 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.772324] [<ffffffffa047e31d>] restore_fbdev_mode+0x2d/0x150 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.773318] [<ffffffffa047e52c>] drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0x4c/0xa0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.774561] [<ffffffffa047e5a8>] drm_fb_helper_set_par+0x28/0x50 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.775584] [<ffffffffa047e67e>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event.part.34+0xae/0xc0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.776758] [<ffffffffa047e6ac>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x1c/0x20 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.777846] [<ffffffffa0cd9e1f>] intel_fbdev_output_poll_changed+0x2f/0x60 [i915] [ 699.778858] [<ffffffffa046cd45>] drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event+0x25/0x30 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.779954] [<ffffffffa046ce00>] output_poll_execute+0x90/0x1b0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.780960] [<ffffffff810891c6>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x466/0x470 [ 699.781801] [<ffffffff81073ceb>] worker_run_work+0x9b/0xe0 [ 699.782552] [<ffffffffa046cd70>] ? drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker+0x20/0x20 [drm_kms_helper] [ 699.783677] [<ffffffff8106b2e3>] process_one_work+0x1e3/0x4f0 [ 699.784463] [<ffffffff8106b61e>] worker_thread+0x2e/0x4b0 [ 699.785204] [<ffffffff8106b5f0>] ? process_one_work+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ 699.786018] [<ffffffff810700f5>] kthread+0xd5/0xf0 [ 699.786679] [<ffffffff81070020>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x160/0x160 [ 699.787497] [<ffffffff81579fef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x80 [ 699.788226] [<ffffffff81070020>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x160/0x160 [ 699.789047] Code: 24 18 e8 b9 dd 50 00 49 8b 04 24 48 85 c0 75 e5 e9 03 ff ff ff 90 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 87 c8 04 00 00 55 48 89 e5 <48> 8b 40 d8 5d c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 [ 699.792882] RIP [<ffffffff810705eb>] kthread_data+0xb/0x20 [ 699.793655] RSP <ffff88004d9237c0> [ 699.794131] CR2: ffffffffffffffd8 [ 699.794588] ---[ end trace c1697d1dfeb185f1 ]--- [ 699.806459] Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! Patched driver for 6.2.3 was working great, so I tried to do the same thing here and it was working, well at least /dev/dri/... stuf gets created didn't try transcoding yet. What I did was change original pid:vid 8086:3E92 to 8086:9BC8 and removed module signature. If someone is brave enough to try module is attached. [ 66.740381] Module [i915] is removed. [ 340.358398] i915 0000:1b:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) [ 340.360433] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). [ 340.361351] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. [ 340.362141] i915 0000:1b:00.0: BAR 6: can't assign [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x20000000] (bogus alignment) [ 340.363311] [drm] Failed to find VBIOS tables (VBT) [ 340.364005] [drm:gen9_set_dc_state [i915]] *ERROR* DC state mismatch (0x0 -> 0x2) [ 340.365180] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:1b:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none [ 340.368716] [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (v1.4) [ 340.369965] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20171222 for 0000:1b:00.0 on minor 0 [ 340.598919] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes [ 340.600284] i915 0000:1b:00.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device i915_mod_striped.ko

Just as a reminder it is possible to boot virtual usb disk in ESXi, here is the description how install-dsm-62x-on-esxi-6770-as-baremetal. However it works only for EFI boot which juns loader for 918 supported.