W dniu piątek, 7 października 2016 13:14:41 UTC+2 użytkownik [email protected] 
napisał:
> Qubes uses VT-D and a Net VM to attempt to isolate buggy WiFi adapters from 
> the rest of the Qubes system.
> 
> But this isolation still depends on Xen not having bugs... And we know that 
> Xen has bugs, and will likely continue to have more going forward.
> 
> So, instead of VT-D, why not just switch off DMA altogether..?
> 
> In Debian, you can edit "/etc/hdparms.conf", and do stuff like this:
> 
> /dev/hdc {
> dma = on
> }
> 
> Why not just do this for WiFi and Ethernet chips in Qubes, and thus, not have 
> to rely on Xen for isolation?

How exactly are PCIe devices going to communicate with the rest of the system 
without DMA?

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