Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

[Pekka Enberg]

Hi Anthony,

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> - Drop SDL/VNC.  Make a proper Cairo GUI with a full blown GTK interface. 
> Don't rely on virt-manager for this.  Not that I have anything against 
> virt-manager but there are many layers between you and the end GUI if you go 
> that route.

Funny that you should mention this. It was actually what I started out 
with. I went for SDL because it was a low-hanging fruit after the VNC 
patches which I didn't do myself.

However, it was never figured out if there was going to be a virtio 
transport for GPU commands:

http://lwn.net/Articles/408831/

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> - Sandbox the device model from day #1.  The size of the Linux kernel 
> interface is pretty huge and as a hypervisor, it's the biggest place for 
> improvement from a security perspective.  We're going to do sandboxing in 
> QEMU, but it's going to be difficult.  It would be much easier for you given 
> where you're at.

Completely agreed. I think Sasha is actually starting to work on this. See 
the "Secure KVM" thread on address@hidden

                        Pekka