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Re: [Xen-devel] feature suggestion: DMAR table emulation for Xen

To: Joanna Rutkowska <joanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] feature suggestion: DMAR table emulation for Xen
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 12:29:53 +0100
Cc: "Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>, "Cihula, Joseph" <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx>, "Kay, Allen M" <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 14/05/2010 11:58, "Joanna Rutkowska" <joanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Well, we don't do graphics passthrough in Qubes, mostly for two reasons:
> 
> 1) We believe users prefer seamless integration of all apps onto one
> desktop (and that requires only one domain, e.g. Dom0, to have access to
> the graphics card),
> 
> 2) Giving a potentially untrusted domain full access to the graphics
> device creates a potential security risk. In fact, you cannot make such
> an architecture secure without using TXT (yes, TXT in addition to VT-d).
> 
> Do you do IGD passthrough in Xen Client?

Yes, particularly necessary to get decent 3D performance (e.g., Windows
Aero). There are tricks to get security and performance (doing a mix of
emulation and passthrough).

 -- Keir



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