From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Tue May 15 08:17:31 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7597AEE8152 for ; Tue, 15 May 2018 08:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=666baa678=roger.pau@citrix.com) Received: from SMTP.EU.CITRIX.COM (smtp.ctxuk.citrix.com [185.25.65.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.citrix.com", Issuer "DigiCert SHA2 Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C94888517B for ; Tue, 15 May 2018 08:17:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=666baa678=roger.pau@citrix.com) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,403,1520899200"; d="scan'208";a="73161681" Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 09:17:26 +0100 From: Roger Pau =?utf-8?B?TW9ubsOp?= To: Pratyush Yadav CC: Subject: Re: Is it possible to run Xen in a VirtualBox VM? Message-ID: <20180515081726.5bpmb4czmnrqf553@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> References: <20180514170043.z3netvhmdmwnjmq3@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> <20180514175505.ol4opdvdpkghx2zi@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180323 X-ClientProxiedBy: AMSPEX02CAS02.citrite.net (10.69.22.113) To AMSPEX02CL02.citrite.net (10.69.22.126) X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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: Tue, 15 May 2018 08:17:31 -0000 On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:37:43AM +0530, Pratyush Yadav wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:25 PM, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:49:43PM +0530, Pratyush Yadav wrote: > >> I am working on the Xen grant table handlers (for my Google Summer of > >> Code project [0]) , so do you think I would need to run Xen + FreeBSD > >> when testing? > > > > Yes, I think you will need to be able to run Xen + FreeBSD. You can > > probably manage to complete the first part using Xen + Linux and > > running FreeBSD as a guest, but you will need Xen + FreeBSD Dom0 for > > the second part (adding handlers for mapping operations used by the > > backend). > >> Also, how can I fix the error I'm currently getting about Intel > >> processor not being supported? > > > > Which error? Can you please paste the full log? > > > > Roger. > > Ah, my bad. I misread your message. I thought you were saying we can > run Xen + FreeBSD Dom0 but not a FreeBSD DomU. > > Anyway, I can't get the logs because they are not outputting to the > serial port for some reason. I wrote what I could read from the 5 > seconds I get before the reboot in my first email. You can set noreboot [0] in xen_cmdline in order to prevent Xen from rebooting automatically. That should give you more time to read the error message. > You answered my > question, but if you want a look at the error message I could read, > check my first email. I'll also paste it below [0]. > > Thanks for your help. > > -- > Regards, > Pratyush Yadav > > [0]: > xenoprof: Initialization failed. Intel processor family 6 model 60 is > not supported. > Dom0 has maximum 600 PIRQs > > *********************** > Panic on cpu 0: > Error creating domain 0 > *********************** This seems to be missing some lines. A panic usually contains a message with the reason of the panic. Roger. [0] http://xenbits.xenproject.org/docs/unstable/misc/xen-command-line.html