From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 30 05:40:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C521065670 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kmatthew.macy@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f184.google.com (mail-yx0-f184.google.com [209.85.210.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405B88FC1A for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe14 with SMTP id 14so2748037yxe.7 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:40:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=ev1EFkloeutHliXveVRRnC6Jyc99VDPOELbtJ/xU6A4=; b=cN+QU5kAfAOSJJ94u02qhckx/kW7pTuBSCXmM/N/T/NVM1BSHm1tI5JnkJ3KhLoNDE g6/BO6qzy2jVmwip2u6j4sxN7WmjQ8p3UE1FMzAUR2sQP7ygTi2YvGiPKY0zK00KZOkw gcwS2uJzpp5+nkth04xnOOolVne/lFSZIpBrA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=Qhp8VDLlcpnbE7u3Bm+2hIIBSL9ZEh2TgaGMP77qyM+plS3DXg5y3rY+UaLXoSrq3T FHBbPbsxwyg6OCgMGAhoKdffOPCp3DsAAhxHtuReDAXp+OfAurCmSAzpE1rkLesq2uV/ RlYRr3FHWbNkdZO32X3qI+mnRj2tCXq8yuo2M= Received: by 10.150.4.11 with SMTP id 11mr6438532ybd.135.1259559622738; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:40:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.4? (c-24-23-249-193.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.23.249.193]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm1511700ywg.28.2009.11.29.21.40.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:40:22 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "K. Macy" In-Reply-To: <4B0043B5.20601@tenebras.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:40:20 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <4AEF23FE.90604@gladserv.com> <4AF02B06.8090209@gladserv.com> <1258276895.3614.15.camel@glow> <4B0043B5.20601@tenebras.com> To: kudzu@tenebras.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Xen domU ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0000 On Nov 15, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: >=20 > I second the notion - could someone please articulate what > the problems are with running FreeBSD as a DomU? >=20 > Being able to run a 8.x instance on EC2 would be very helpful. >=20 Amazon runs a very old Redhat version of Xen and they aren't forthcoming = about the specific version, presumably out of security concerns. 3.0.3 doesn't support linear page tables and thus requires some pmap = futzing. Apart from that I don't have enough specifics to go on. If = someone told me the precise version and gave me the corresponding RH = patches I'd be much more interested. Sorry for the inconvenience. -Kip