I'm like you and use the qemu command line. But libvirt does make it easier to define cpu groups, thread affinities and the like and without needing to be root

I'm like you and use the qemu command line. But libvirt does make it easier to define cpu groups, thread affinities and the like and without needing to be root to do so. Something like this. There are other ways to accomplish this I think without libvirt, but it gets a little hairy. https://www.reddit.com/r/VFIO/comments/9iaj7x/smt_not_supported_by_qemu_on_amd_ryzen_cpu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/VFIO/comments/9iaj7x/smt_not_suppor...