Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:07:09 +0100 From: Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com> To: Schaich Alonso <alonsoschaich@fastmail.fm> Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PCI passthrough support for VGA devices in VirtualBox on FreeBSD Message-ID: <CADGo8CVac%2BnstDmWB8YHEHfbPHvG5y1h_K1Ux9OEG3KRmyHakA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADGo8CVSjc7nFe03YAZo-eueh=_JP-Vf1O_PaV6UGMebUuC1tw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOFF%2BZ1i1ir1jk1tNxvSsoVOpsCs26xh%2BS1bitjCrMLjEjzXQA@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20140423T193135-262@post.gmane.org> <20140423205327.80a2b5eead661ab832fbd10a@fastmail.fm> <CADGo8CVSjc7nFe03YAZo-eueh=_JP-Vf1O_PaV6UGMebUuC1tw@mail.gmail.com>
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Actually Xen is not really a suitable option if I want to keep FreeBSD has host, AFAIK dom0 support is just being added and its not really usable yet! On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com>wrote: > VirtualBox can... I'm assuming you mean the FreeBSD port can't. > > In this case I would need a Windows Guest, but its a laptop and I still > wan't to use the OS. > > I'm aware of the other options, and there's also KVM but I want the host > to be FreeBSD. > > Xen could be an option, since its a laptop and I still want to use the > host os, maybe its the most suited! > > I would go the bhyve path but has you said and very well only works for > Linux, not windows! > > Anyway the main question is is if FreeBSD port of Vbox supports this, or > if there's any work done or planned for this. > > Thanks > > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Schaich Alonso <alonsoschaich@fastmail.fm > > wrote: > >> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:34:30 +0000 (UTC) >> Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > Looking to do the same... >> > >> > I have a laptop with dual graphics, Its one of those with Intel i7 CPU + >> > Integrated Graphics but also ships with a AMD dedicated card! >> > >> > I cannot use the AMD card successfully with KMS anyway, and I would >> prefer >> > to pass the card to a Winodows/Linux VM. >> > >> > Is there any work on this in FreeBSD's Vbox port? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > >> >> VirtualBox can't do that. >> If you need only GNU/Linux VMs you can use bhyve with PCI Forwarding ( see >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/pci_passthru ). Otherwise, I think you'll >> have >> to resort to Xen or VMWare ESXi (or eventually Microsoft's VirtualPC). >> >> Alonso >> > >
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