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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
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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
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-- 
Craig Rodrigues
rodrigc@crodrigues.org



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