Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] ATAPI pass through v2

[Alexandre Bique]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Paul Brook<address@hidden> wrote:
>> > I expect that running qemu as root counts as a 'bad idea' (I gather
>> > that commands are filtered when running as a regular user), but even so,
>> > I wonder if guests should be prevented from performing firmware updates?
>>
>> Yeps.
>
> I disagree.  Upgrading the firmware from within the guest sounds like a
> legitimate use,  especially given the proliferation of proprietary windows-
> only upgrade utilities.

Maybe we could agree on a switch to forward/block this command ?

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Alexandre Bique