On Sun, 2014-10-12 at 18:21 +0000, Boylan, Ross wrote: > I would like to install a simple system on the hardware level, and do most of my work in one of the VM's. > In the past I have accessed VM's graphically using vnc, but if I did that my base system (dom0 in Xen, I think) would need to run X server, which would complicate it and render the whole setup vulnerable if there was a problem with X. Also, I've had trouble in the past using evolution remotely. > > Is there a way to hook a VM more directly to the display, keyboard and mouse? > > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/How_to_assign_devices_with_VT-d_in_KVM seemed potentially relevant, but tracing through the references I didn't find FLReset+ on any PCI devices other than audio, so that seems to be out (although the reference page http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#How_can_I_check_if_PCI_device_supports_FLR_.28Function_Level_Reset.29_.3F says that it is out of date). > > My immediate interest is a system that's about 5 years old, running Xeon E5420's with VT-x. It has a VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV570 [Radeon X1950 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > I'm also considering doing the same on a more recent system with Xeon E3-1245 v 2. It has VT-x and Vt-d, with Intel® HD Graphics P4000. I might get an external video card later. It also doesn't show FLReset+ except for audio. FLR is irrelevant, no video devices have it afaict. Neither of your video cards work with current VGA/OVMF device assignment either, IGD may work in the relative short term, Radeon X1xxx devices are too old to bother with. See this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=162768 and this blog: http://vfio.blogspot.com/ For an idea of what's currently possible. Be aware that all of this is bleeding edge and chances of needing to build your own kernel/QEMU are high. I'd recommend something like an HD5450 as the the minimum Radeon class card and an 8-series Nvidia as the minimum on that end. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
