[svsm-devel] Potential project on implementing AMD SEV emulation in QEMU

[Tom Lendacky]

On 4/17/25 10:26, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> Hi Tom,

Hi Stefano,

> yesterday in the Coconut-SVSM community call we talked about a
> potential project with the University of Pisa to emulate AMD
> SEV/SEV-ES/SEV-SNP support in QEMU.
> 
> Joerg rightly suggested having a step-by-step approach, supporting SEV
> initially, as supporting SEV-SNP directly might be too much for a
> master's thesis (about 6 months of work).
> 
> We wondered if you knew of any attempts already made in this regard,

Nothing that I'm aware of.

> but especially if you think it's a feasible thing.

Anything is possible I guess, but I'm not sure what it would take to
accomplish that. Attestation would tell you if you're on real hardware
vs emulated hardware.

Thanks,
Tom

> 
> Suggestions, ideas or partial works that can be reused are very welcome!
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefano
>