From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MOJP6-0002WN-Kp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:44:48 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MOJP1-0002Pe-05 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:44:47 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57399 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MOJP0-0002PR-Qg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:44:42 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:30132) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOJP0-0004A7-1G for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:44:42 -0400 Received: from mail.codesourcery.com ([65.74.133.4]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOJOw-0007x9-1C for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:44:38 -0400 From: Paul Brook Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] ATAPI pass through v2 Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:44:32 +0100 References: <200907011931.53521.alexandre.bique@citrix.com> <20090707200327.GA3902@miranda.arrow> <5d3bb3090907071421i506a2f0bh5aca170c35a26f62@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5d3bb3090907071421i506a2f0bh5aca170c35a26f62@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907072344.33893.paul@codesourcery.com> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Alexandre Bique > > 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. Paul