From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 11 20:40:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5DCFA4; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:40:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnixon-lists-tech@nyclocal.net) Received: from homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdcbbj.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DB7F26F2; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 571A7B8079; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:40:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=nyclocal.net; h=message-id :in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to:cc:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=nyclocal.net; bh=39gf 6cxoyBUbO/HrsyhZU/s+2Eo=; b=0xL47apwejx1iFAgfQ8VLB6RDCfWVFPc8GdE vpahlcELQyN0X+OMouNujg1a6wF4P4hf7RBAyLDrIeBQhwG/hvfIsBK3ak2s9kO6 UrZa1dK8TIse4DqZbGaABRztrvbGbnFsAaq4GGEwjYrlEBE7eQIztMqvLjOc+GCn hye4fAg= Received: from webmail.nyclocal.net (caiajhbihbdd.dreamhost.com [208.97.187.133]) (Authenticated sender: dnixon-lists-tech@nyclocal.net) by homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E87B5B806B; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 50.14.66.127 (proxying for 50.14.66.127) (SquirrelMail authenticated user dnixon-lists-tech@nyclocal.net) by webmail.nyclocal.net with HTTP; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:40:46 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5230CE5E.3080400@freebsd.org> References: <5b2e09a5de1e75e0d478860731fb24d4.squirrel@webmail.nyclocal.net> <5230CE5E.3080400@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:40:46 -0400 Subject: Re: bhyve and AMD From: dnixon-lists-tech@nyclocal.net To: "Peter Grehan" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD virtualization X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:40:52 -0000 On Wed, September 11, 2013 4:11 pm, Peter Grehan wrote: [...] > Yes, that would be it. The RVI support has been there in CPUs for > quite a long time now - it would be hard to find a recent AMD CPU > that doesn't have it. [DN:] >> Or is bhyve using a different feature of some AMD processors? [PG:] > No, that's the main one. [DN:] When you say that that's the "main" one, do you mean that there are also other features that an AMD processor must have, besides RVI, to be compatible with bhyve, but that might be absent in some AMD processors with RVI? If so, what other features should I look for? (I'm now shopping around for dedicated server hosting for a forthcoming demo of the possible bhyve front end I mentioned earlier. To that end, I need to find an otherwise inexpensive server with a processor on which bhyve can run.)