What I'm missing here is what software currently supports this format. Can I use it with QEMU? KVM? VirtualBox? VMware? If so, how? If not yet, when? If never, what's the actual use case?
blibble•3w ago
I think people these days know better than to adopt Microslop standards
moondev•3w ago
This looks like OVA, firmware can be bundled inside along with additional disks, networking config, machine type and so on.
So essentially a virtual appliance package
matja•3w ago
It would be nice to see a design document where the alternatives were considered and why this was invented to fill a gap. Otherwise, this just looks like reinventing the 20+ year old libvirt XML VM format.
Jesus Christ, Microsoft just can't quit doing this shit, can they?
m463•3w ago
this is either "embrace" or "extend", part of their business model
shakna•3w ago
cat CODEOWNERS
> * @microsoft/igvm-maintainers
... How is this "Independent"?
corranh•3w ago
Looks like it means ‘Independent’ of the hypervisor used, I don’t think it’s a reference to it being an independent project. The QEMU post on this is a better read, I couldn’t tell from the GitHub what this was supposed to be. https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/igvm.html
knowitnone3•3w ago
I expect MS to inject CoPilot into your VM somehow
nine_k•3w ago
blibble•3w ago
moondev•3w ago
So essentially a virtual appliance package