B450M-PRO ESXI 6.X passthrough problem

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   Good day.
I purchased a B450M-PRO motherboard with a AMD ATHLON 200GE processor for building a small hypervisor based on VMware ESXI 6.5,6.7.
However, I ran into a problem when activating the passthrough mode.
The problem is the following: when adding any device to the passthrough mode, the system displays the message READY/Reboot need; however, after the reboot, the message does not change, it remains the same as if the reboot was not.

I also have another system based on the ASROSK N270M-PRO4 motherboard, working in with i5  E7500 processor. There are no such problems there.

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m1a2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2018 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: B450M-PRO ESXI 6.X passthrough problem Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 4:36am
	Good day. I purchased a B450M-PRO motherboard with a AMD ATHLON 200GE processor for building a small hypervisor based on VMware ESXI 6.5,6.7. However, I ran into a problem when activating the passthrough mode. The problem is the following: when adding any device to the passthrough mode, the system displays the message READY/Reboot need; however, after the reboot, the message does not change, it remains the same as if the reboot was not. I also have another system based on the ASROSK N270M-PRO4 motherboard, working in with i5 E7500 processor. There are no such problems there.

m1a2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2018 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 4:43am
	SVM Mode = [Enabled] SR-IOV Support = [Enabled]

m1a2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2018 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 4:46am
	IOMMU = [Enabled]

m1a2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2018 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 4:48am
	Conducted testing at ESXI 6.5 UPDATE2 and ESXI 6.7

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 6:24am
	What is your BIOS version?

m1a2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2018 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 2:02pm
	Bios version 1.60

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 9:56pm
	I think this issue is solved in AMD AGESA PinnaclePI 1006. Latest AGESA for your mobo is 1004. That's ASRock for you.

m1a2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Dec 2018 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Dec 2018 at 1:20am
	Do not tell me the exact release dates for 1006 for this motherboard ???

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Dec 2018 at 2:00am
	My sweet summer child, that's the sole reason I dumped my X370 Taichi. ASRock's support for their BIOS is notoriously bad. I am truly into VM and stuff, but ASRock did never provide... but you, you my friend, you can really make a difference - start a Reddit petition or something to grab ASRock's attention. P.S. another slim chance - do you have an ACS switch option somewhere in your BIOS? P.P.S. their [ASRock's] support staff are lurking in the forums. They just don't give a damn. [:-D]