From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 11 22:52:47 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDD337D for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:52:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnixon-lists-tech@nyclocal.net) Received: from homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdccac.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 702472E4E for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:52:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0CBE350072; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:52:40 -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=s0oO 9Qtqi1cMkpYuaycRdUnVrSE=; b=TbY/Wy09W+LOsSiLSutCszk0WRVNd3lIyfuh qA2OkQhUwslZKc6iFSXonw96+KWkHHH/NAbq0tLO8a39uqyNYiERUCzYFF9p1V63 geoFQb7NK34Stod/NxKmmvWBr68p66ISOJgkWvgnTjJ/e9QuThfLxYUQr9uUnDYZ CdAsGa4= Received: from webmail.nyclocal.net (caiajhbihbdd.dreamhost.com [208.97.187.133]) (Authenticated sender: dnixon-lists-tech@nyclocal.net) by homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D74D635005B; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:52:38 -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 18:52:40 -0400 Message-ID: <4a4a183b5da1e1cee69c36af4a1acb08.squirrel@webmail.nyclocal.net> In-Reply-To: References: <5b2e09a5de1e75e0d478860731fb24d4.squirrel@webmail.nyclocal.net> <5230CE5E.3080400@freebsd.org> <5230DA9E.3090909@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:52:40 -0400 Subject: Re: bhyve and AMD From: "Dee Nixon" To: "Anish" 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 22:52:47 -0000 On Wed, September 11, 2013 5:20 pm, Anish wrote: > Yes, nRIP is required and it will be hard to find AMD processor with > SVM support that doesn't have it. We used Phenom II for bhyve port > on AMD which is 2+ years old and has RVI and nRIP support. I'm sorry to have to ask this, but what is nRIP? (I tried Googling "nRIP virtualization" and similar strings but turned up nothing relevant. The closest I could find was a few mentions of RIP, apparently meaning "Instruction Pointer Register" or "relative instruction pointer".)