On 08/06/2013 05:09 PM, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote: > On 08/06/13 13:04, Alex Efros wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 12:58:12PM +0800, Pavel Labushev wrote: >>> I wouldn't call such news good. KERNEXEC, especially on x86_64, plays a >>> big role in protecting the kernel from both local and remote attacks. >>> KVM doesn't require such arguable compromises (no pun intended). >> >> True. But KVM unable to run Mac OS X, that's main reason to use VirtualBox. >> Less important things: KVM don't support 3D acceleration; don't have >> signed drivers for guest Windows (and thus require switching Windows to >> "Testing mode" to install drivers); sometimes it need awful tricks like >> building custom BIOS from patches sources; I can't give my KVM virtual >> machines to friends which use Windows as host OS; etc. > > I have no Windows license to test this, but as far as I found these > drivers should be signed: > > https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/ > > - Matthias-Christian > I've used fedora's virtio drivers with a windows8 before (windows 8.1 actually).
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