Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:43:45 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: John F Carr <jfc@mit.edu> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, "arm@freebsd.org" <arm@freebsd.org>, Lexi Winter <lexi@le-fay.org> Subject: Re: vmm (bhyve) on GICv2 Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSiirtKvO7pJJL1h-4KhMDUo16Q6qdz1LxTNg8PtdOmvVCA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSihnu3f2mcRo64QxecPeRpyymTsdQbiR_xuZDcWKNkBLTQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <Zk2YnPCESoEHC-8D@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org> <CA%2B1FSihooPem=qRFFU7RG21UKUf-uCrW_CPMvH1NxROArXivPA@mail.gmail.com> <Zk2d8lACXhhD9V9p@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org> <18B789E4-5891-4F3E-BAB6-05FD45949438@yahoo.com> <1923834610.13708.1716392599662@localhost> <6117F301-D584-40F7-9022-F90103FF5468@yahoo.com> <CA%2B1FSijd2abM9a5B98CAMRApUJt7UhTgrQrj%2BZvVHwJv2rT7tQ@mail.gmail.com> <71FB8C8C-DA84-469B-8742-1C3DD5F3E773@mit.edu> <CA%2B1FSigB--OjuNJikmOfJDNmeo1=L0qNyBWxM8%2B9Yi6-m1gFXw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B1FSihnu3f2mcRo64QxecPeRpyymTsdQbiR_xuZDcWKNkBLTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hello to everyone. I would like to try bhyve for arm64 bit on my radxa zero 3W. Does anyone know if this board supports GICv3 ? On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:29 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there another cheap alternative to the RockPro64 / Quartz64 that works > well on FreeBSD if one wants to test bhyve ? > > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This ? >> >> https://pine64.com/product/quartz64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/ >> >> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:20 PM John F Carr <jfc@mit.edu> wrote: >> >>> > On May 22, 2024, at 13:20, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Can someone confirm that bhyve works ok on the RockPro64 (RK3399) ? >>> Has bhyve been patched in relation to this bug : >>> > >>> > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=277559 >>> > >>> > ? >>> > >>> > I read that there is a huge amount of work to do on the RPI5 before it >>> works with FreeBSD. And anyway,it does not support bhyve. So if I will buy >>> a soc,it will be the RockPro64.... >>> >>> The RockPro64 should be usable for development, not production use >>> of virtual machines. The kernel sometimes locks up the first time the >>> vmm module is loaded. Once the module loads it can be unloaded >>> and reloaded without risk. >>> >>> I was able to boot FreeBSD-13.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64.raw in bhyve >>> on my RockPro64 with this script: >>> >>> NCPU=1 >>> MEM=384m >>> DISK0=/dev/nda0s4 >>> VMNAME=thirteen >>> bhyve -c "${NCPU:?}" -m "${MEM:?}" \ >>> -s 0:0,hostbridge \ >>> -s 1:0,virtio-blk,"${DISK0:?}" \ >>> -o bootrom=/usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-bhyve-arm64/u-boot.bin \ >>> -o rtc.use_localtime=false \ >>> -o console=stdio \ >>> -o config.dump=false \ >>> -o acpi_tables=true \ >>> "${VMNAME:?}" >>> >>> I had copied the image to /dev/nda0s4. It should work just as well with >>> the >>> regular file after "virtio-blk". >>> >>> Some observations: >>> >>> 1. There is no clock visible to the guest OS: >>> >>> Warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set >>> accurately >>> >>> 2. The RockPro system has two types of cores. One has a physically >>> indexed I-cache, >>> the other virtually indexed. The virtual CPU reports a virtually >>> indexed cache. >>> >>> CPU 0: ARM Foundation-Model r0p0 affinity: 0 >>> Cache Type = <64 byte D-cacheline,64 byte >>> I-cacheline,VIPT ICache,64 byte ERG,64 byte CWG> >>> >>> I think this will cause correct behavior despite being technically wrong. >>> >>> I have a Quartz64, a newer Pine64 SBC, but I have not yet tried to >>> install BSD on it. >>> >>> John Carr >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mario. >> > > > -- > Mario. > -- Mario. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div>Hello to everyone.</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to try bhyve for arm64 bit on my radxa zero 3W. Does anyone know if this board supports GICv3 ?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:29 PM Mario Marietto <<a href="mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target="_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Is there another cheap alternative to the RockPro64 / Quartz64 that works well on FreeBSD if one wants to test bhyve ? <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM Mario Marietto <<a href="mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target="_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>This ? </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://pine64.com/product/quartz64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/" target="_blank">https://pine64.com/product/quartz64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:20 PM John F Carr <<a href="mailto:jfc@mit.edu" target="_blank">jfc@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> On May 22, 2024, at 13:20, Mario Marietto <<a href="mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target="_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> > Can someone confirm that bhyve works ok on the RockPro64 (RK3399) ? Has bhyve been patched in relation to this bug :<br> > <br> > <a href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=277559" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=277559</a><br>; > <br> > ?<br> > <br> > I read that there is a huge amount of work to do on the RPI5 before it works with FreeBSD. And anyway,it does not support bhyve. So if I will buy a soc,it will be the RockPro64....<br> <br> The RockPro64 should be usable for development, not production use<br> of virtual machines. The kernel sometimes locks up the first time the<br> vmm module is loaded. Once the module loads it can be unloaded<br> and reloaded without risk.<br> <br> I was able to boot FreeBSD-13.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64.raw in bhyve<br> on my RockPro64 with this script:<br> <br> NCPU=1<br> MEM=384m<br> DISK0=/dev/nda0s4<br> VMNAME=thirteen<br> bhyve -c "${NCPU:?}" -m "${MEM:?}" \<br> -s 0:0,hostbridge \<br> -s 1:0,virtio-blk,"${DISK0:?}" \<br> -o bootrom=/usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-bhyve-arm64/u-boot.bin \<br> -o rtc.use_localtime=false \<br> -o console=stdio \<br> -o config.dump=false \<br> -o acpi_tables=true \<br> "${VMNAME:?}"<br> <br> I had copied the image to /dev/nda0s4. It should work just as well with the<br> regular file after "virtio-blk".<br> <br> Some observations:<br> <br> 1. There is no clock visible to the guest OS:<br> <br> Warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately<br> <br> 2. The RockPro system has two types of cores. One has a physically indexed I-cache,<br> the other virtually indexed. The virtual CPU reports a virtually indexed cache.<br> <br> CPU 0: ARM Foundation-Model r0p0 affinity: 0<br> Cache Type = <64 byte D-cacheline,64 byte I-cacheline,VIPT ICache,64 byte ERG,64 byte CWG><br> <br> I think this will cause correct behavior despite being technically wrong.<br> <br> I have a Quartz64, a newer Pine64 SBC, but I have not yet tried to install BSD on it.<br> <br> John Carr<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div> </blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div> </blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div>home | help
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