From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 29 23:20:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C43F1065673 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:20:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E44838FC1C for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:20:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n40so2133023gve.39 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:20:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=8eQd6KlEYooB+8Z/QBO8dld6j5yy7m/Dtf4Yqd+hBbw=; b=A7jnQrwuD4/xgE8h3BpAoxM+dfizgdDVMYJswx3HZFajjGQLL1H85SPV06Hdlu4TnHDPxmS2QlhTYJVOZSlnaN4U1F/qyWApzIkUz3hDrpPKhCobejYqQ5Z6H2iTHtHt1LftvMeyE95nkRbi92UOtPlzilcPtpf6khDfpWZB29c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=JtF07ZbEWt2rke3T2Nx/ffxFkFkjhdzOQFdVwwCYlwgtnwdluEcZseA9pHYveERRjTpbVFLhn3Yq30aKCP01bBfPaR0gHG8Liv3oEXwgLrueJIhjGzhz0NqMLegHREvHtIYmObDczGikF5GaXy1Rl/Lx2Aby2hLDa+q7CxOO6Mg= Received: by 10.114.146.1 with SMTP id t1mr713696wad.20.1204325695582; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.123.19 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:55 -0800 From: "Freddie Cash" To: stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: FreeBSD 6.3 + Xen 3.1 + HVM: Success! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:20:44 -0000 Just thought I'd pass along that I have successfully installed FreeBSD 6.3 into a Xen 3.1 HVM. Went a lot smoother than I expected. Haven't done any benchmarking or stress testing or port installs or anything. But so far it's working nicely. Here's all the info. If you'd like to see anything else, let me know. Host hardware: Tyan h2000M motherboard 2x AMD Opteron 2200-series CPUs (dual-core) 8 GB ECC DDR2-800 SDRAM 3Ware Escalade 9650SX-12ML PCIe RAID controller 12x 400 GB SATA harddrives in RAID6 with 1 hot spare (4 TB) Host software: Ubuntu Server 7.10 64-bit version Linux kernel 2.6.22 Xen 3.1 LVM partitions for all the virtual machines Xen config file: # Enable hardware virtualisation using HVM kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-ioemu-3.1/boot/hvmloader' device_model = '/usr/lib/xen-ioemu-3.1/bin/qemu-dm' builder = 'hvm' # VM/domain name name = 'freebsd' # Memory and CPU settings vcpus = '1' memory = '1024' # Disk settings disk = [ 'phy:/dev/xenvol0/freebsd,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/home/fcash/freebsd-6.3-i386-cd1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] boot = 'c' # Network settings hostname = 'fbsdvm1.sd73.bc.ca' vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr3, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:02' ] dhcp = '1' # Graphics settings sdl = '0' vnc = '1' vncviewer = '1' # Other settings pae = '0' # Whether to enable PAE for 32-bit VMs acpi = '0' # Whether to enable ACPI for guests localtime = '1' # Whether system clock is set to local time or UTC # Start/stop settings on_poweroff = 'destroy' on_reboot = 'destroy' on_crash = 'destroy' FreeBSD 6.3 dmesg: Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 16 04:18:52 UTC 2008 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC MPTable: <_HVMCPU_ XEN > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2220 (2793.12-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x40f13 Stepping = 3 Features=0x789fbbf Features2=0x2001 AMD Features=0x28400800 AMD Features2=0x19 real memory = 1073717248 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1041719296 (993 MB) ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1 ioapic0: Assuming intbase of 0 ioapic0 irqs 0-47 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:19) cpu0 on motherboard pcib0: pcibus 0 on motherboard pir0: on motherboard pci0: on pcib0 Correcting Natoma config for non-SMP isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xc000-0xc00f at device 1.1 on pci0 ata0: on atapci0 ata1: on atapci0 pci0: at device 2.0 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 3.0 (no driver attached) re0: port 0xc200-0xc2ff mem 0xf4000000-0xf40000ff irq 5 at device 4.0 on pci0 miibus0: on re0 rlphy0: on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto re0: Ethernet address: 00:16:3e:00:00:02 re0: [FAST] pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 ppc0: parallel port not found. sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio0: type 8250 or not responding sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2793124857 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hptrr: no controller detected. ad0: 102400MB at ata0-master WDMA2 acd0: CDROM at ata1-master PIO3 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a pciconf -vl: hostb0@pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x12378086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82440/1FX 440FX (Natoma) System Controller' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI isab0@pci0:1:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x70008086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371SB PIIX3 PCI-to-ISA Bridge (Triton II)' class = bridge subclass = PCI-ISA atapci0@pci0:1:1: class=0x010180 card=0x00015853 chip=0x70108086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371SB PIIX3 IDE Interface (Triton II)' class = mass storage subclass = ATA none0@pci0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x00b81013 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Cirrus Logic' device = 'CL-GD5446 64-bit VisualMedia Accelerator' class = display subclass = VGA none1@pci0:3:0: class=0xff8000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x00015853 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 re0@pci0:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x813910ec rev=0x20 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter' class = network subclass = ethernet -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com