Hello, I've got very similar setup on my laptop, one VM with passed in GPU that does X and desktop environment, a lot of containers and other VMs around on the internal network. I have discrete radeon GPU though, I've not personally tried any other.
Also have a look at QubesOS, that one has idea of AppVMs, where applications are on separate VMs. It's based on Xen though. I wanted to be able to pass in the only GPU though to be able to switch the X VM for a windows one for gaming, so I went the LVM + LXC way instead. The downside there are less premade tools, so you do some scripting yourself. Regards, Gh. Adam Hunt wrote: > I'd like to virtualize my desktop so that Linux machine I use > day-to-day is running as a VM on a minimally configured Linux host. > > The idea is to allow me to run a couple other virtual machines along > side my desktop without them getting in each other's way. This way I > would be able to do things such as upgrade the kernel on my desktop > without disturbing the VM acting as my primary firewall and router[1], > or the VM which hosts a number of containers running various personal > services.[2] > > While I've read quite a bit about KVM, QEMU, PCI passthrough, and vfio > I wanted to make sure that what I'm planning isn't doomed to fail for > some reason which I've overlooked. My two primary concerns are that as > of now I lack a discrete GPU and that my Ivy Bridge CPU (i5-3570) > clearly lacks ACS. > > If necessary I suppose could hold this off until I get myself a > suitable PCIe GPU, though, I'd prefer not to. I don't use the system > for gaming of any sort and while I'd like to have the option of doing > some 3D work in the future it's not an immediate concern of mine for > this system. The CPU is more of a sticking point, there's little > chance of it being upgraded in the foreseeable future and most > certainly not to what Intel refers to as a "high end" processor. If > you scroll down you'll find a list of the hardware in my machine > currently. > > I'd appreciate any thoughts on this plan of mine. I have years of > experience with Linux but PCI passthrough is new territory for me. > > Thanks, > > Adam > > > > [1] I'm upgrading > to > a symmetric gigabit FTTH connection in the near future and I > don't expect > my OpenWRT wifi router with its puny 560 MHz MIPS processor > will be able > to keep up. So, for the time being, > running > VyOS in a VM my workstation is my best option. > > [2] One of these days I hope to have enough space for proper hardware > to run all these things on, until that day, I'm hoping VMs will suffice. > > > Drogon > Item Manufacturer Model Notes > CPU Intel i5-3570 4×3.4 GHz, VT-x, VT-d, EPT > Motherboard Intel DQ77MK Q77, vPro, VT-d, dual 1 Gb/s Ethernet > Memory G.Skill 32 GB (4×8 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz > SSD Samsung 850 Pro, 256 GB GPT partitioned with a small > FAT boot > part and a large Btrfs filesystem > Storage various various 4×3 TB SATA v3.0, operating as > single multi > device Btrfs filesystem > NIC Intel 82579LM 1 Gb/s, integrated, AMT 8.0 support > NIC Intel 82574L 1 Gb/s, integrated > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vfio-users mailing list > vfio-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users
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