On Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 2:20:04 AM UTC+1, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote: <snip> > > Also maybe qubes-users list would be a better place to discuss this? Gpu > passthrough is a pretty low priority for the qubes devs for obvious reasons. > > -- > Jackie
Hi Jackie, Thank you for the nice reply. I will check out the qubes-users list. I've been following qubes for a long time, since the beginning I believe. Qubes is my dream after all. I've heard all of the security arguments over the years and you are correct there is always a trade off between usability and security. It ranges from almost no security (M$) to burying the computer in the ground. :) I would respectfully suggest the developers consider supporting PCI-passthrough. It isn't just GPUs that are useful for PCI-passthrough, passing the SATA and USB controllers can also be very useful. Passing the PCI device can eliminate much of the OS overhead. When enabling or using this feature a warning could be issued to the qubes admin of the security risk. I assume the developers and team want people using their work. By including this as a feature qubes will be used on more systems. The more systems qubes runs on the more support qubes will receive from the community. I see this as a win win for qubes and the community. In the past I had not the time however If the team is interested I am willing to offer my support for PCI-passthrough. I could help filter PCI-passthrough support between users and developers or even other ways. Based on the last two replies I will likely try qubes with PCI-passthrough. However I am leery of future operability since this isn't currently supported or encouraged. So I am having trouble making a leap in this direction. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-devel@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/6be161bd-e9b7-4033-95c7-b7e0a250ddf0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
