bhyve virtio-input drivers - what do they benefit me?

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jardows

I am always excited to see progress in bhyve, and so am quite interested in the benefits of the newly supported virtio-input drivers. However, the description leaves me a little uncertain as to the benefit of this:

bhyve(8) has gained a virtio-input device emulation support. This will be used to inject keyboard/mouse input events into a guest.
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My normal usage of virtual machines on my FreeBSD desktop involves using the VNC framebuffer to access and interact with the VM, in which mouse and keyboard inputs work without issue. What is the use case for the virtio-input drivers? I am always interested in a better way of doing things, so even if they do not directly impact my usage, I want to learn!
 
You can use ubikey connected to the host (or another machine) from a VM to authenticate. Or use host connected tablet etc. Though I haven’t actually tried this. Your best best is to ask on the virtualization mailing list.
 
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