[Pkg-libvirt-discuss] video/GPU passthrough, second monitor, shared keyboard/mouse

[Daniel Pocock]

Hi all,

I'm looking at a setup that involves a Debian host and a non-Linux VM
under KVM, on a workstation for a power-user.

The non-Linux VM would have a dedicated video card/GPU, to maximize
compatibility and performance for certain applications.

It may be possible to interact with the VM using SPICE but it is
possible to just have a second monitor for it too.

So my questions are:

- Does all this make sense?

- When using an independent video card for the VM, how to share the
keyboard and mouse between the host and the VM?  E.g. should I just use
Synergy or x2vnc or is there a nicer solution with KVM or qemu?

- are any other free software solutions (e.g. VirtualBox, Xen) likely to
be better or worse for such a project?

Regards,

Daniel