Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:27 -0700 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> To: Chris Knight <stryqx@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hyper-V Integration Components Patch for FreeBSD 8.2, 8.3, 9.0 and 9.1-BETA1 Message-ID: <CAG=rPVefBxbwMPPqFXnrReoY4UqoDW1pP7f5m1e6mQACQuRBaQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHgj5TS0VkRj8-FZdQGzQ1HXppF7_xEUro0n5XS-NNzv8J-t=Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHgj5TS0VkRj8-FZdQGzQ1HXppF7_xEUro0n5XS-NNzv8J-t=Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Thanks for writing this up. I have created a page on the FreeBSD wiki with info about Microsoft Hyper-V, and I placed a link to your blog entry there: http://wiki.freebsd.org/HyperV -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Chris Knight <stryqx@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I've created some patchsets based on the beta release of the Hyper-V > integration components for FreeBSD. > > The patchsets are for 8.2, 8.3, 9.0 and 9.1-BETA1 and can be found here: > > http://blog.chrisara.com.au/2012/08/hyper-v-integration-components-for_13.html > > Although the Hyper-V kernel modules compile, they'll cause a kernel > panic if loaded, but I got them built cleanly to allow for easy kernel > swapping using nextboot. > Using GEOM labels makes it easy to swap between a Hyper-V enabled > kernel and a non-Hyper-V enabled kernel. > > It's also worth noting that the Hyper-V network driver is flaky - UDP > works fairly well, but TCP is very flaky. Haven't yet got to the root > cause of this. > > The storage performance increase is very nice, as is the heartbeat and > shutdown capabilities. I've yet to check if KVP functionality is > included. > > -- > Regards, > Chris Knight > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org
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