I'm familiar with the Qubes project; it's quite interesting. That being said, I'd really rather avoid dealing with multitude of Xen VMs if possible. I have nothing against Xen but for now I'd really like to keep my machine running pure Linux.
I do appreciate the idea; I'll keep the Qubes option in mind. Adam On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 6:49 AM Jiri 'Ghormoon' Novak <ghorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > listvfio-users@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users > > >
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