silly question.  but, if I am able to pass dev/dri into a docker container to get full openGL support in chrome for instance, does this mean that I could similarly pass the same to a kodi container, get hardware support and eliminate the need for a VM and instead run (headed) Kodi vs headless?

 

or is that way off base and totally impossible?  just something I though tof when I woke up.

I guess that's a no?

I don't think passing through /dev/dri is the same as passing through a full hardware controller. /dev/dri is only a very specific software implementation supported by the kernel (it's just an api, really). It is necessary and sufficient for chrome for drm supported video acceleration, but kodi needs much more

Ah,  makes sense,  hence full hardware pass through to a vm