From nobody Sun Jun 30 15:28:42 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-virtualization@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4WBtPF4B1Yz5PvQf for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:28:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net [65.75.216.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4WBtPF29zwz4JRq for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:28:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 45UFShFn009649; Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:28:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 45UFSg4N009648; Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:28:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202406301528.45UFSg4N009648@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: OS Images(Linux/etc) in ports tree In-Reply-To: To: Mario Marietto Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:28:42 -0700 (PDT) CC: Chris Moerz , FreeBSD Virtualization Mailing List X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] List-Id: Discussion List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-virtualization List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:10494, ipnet:65.75.216.0/23, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4WBtPF29zwz4JRq > This could be the project that you are interested in : > > https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu Or perhaps just make netboot.xyz run ontop of PXE in bhyve??? https://netboot.xyz (This is actually rather simple to do, use the PXE built into bhyve ED2K to load a full featured iPXE (already in ports), which then loads the netboot.xyz scripts.) I have had this working in the past... > > In your case,it could be called quick bhyve. So let's get started. I'm also > interested in collaborating. > > Il sab 29 giu 2024, 19:49 Chris Moerz ha scritto: > > > > > > > On Sat, 29 Jun 2024, Mario Marietto wrote: > > > > > I think that it may be possible to put only the VM config files on the > > ports,not necessarily heavy image files. > > > > > > > You're all making a valid point; I second that - I read the original post > > as if we're talking about scripts that download images from somewhere > > else. May have jumped to conclusions. > > > > We can probably all agree: OS images do not belong into the ports tree. > > Porting scripts that handle OS image creation or downloading them from > > some public repository though would certainly be fine. > > > > chris > > > > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org