From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 15 20:07:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E303D106564A for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:07:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A328A8FC0C for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:07:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so3371253obb.13 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AidLGJ8ivoC+y6WJmmvq+Ekw3FfOcNdkgjTvJcEGUQo=; b=qzsZ3+7XmpdOFGzOsoLOCf4hSzF0zmOnvVE5qI+kYEgKEcPRhjRyIH6iNOLiIKtUYe 92Bd5tKU8rNPvzusoyvhVtBac+u+rNXynSHen1Qb2LpkTTI4JPh0H5CcxIySZCZaipZH aq4iH7Xl9Ip8LzRjHgg0OWtkEp1UY266kd2I/KyFWcrUwSsIcd3oAg/+3hZpJV4YfaCr K+e2Ne8F17+k/A0Z7sqvS7BmopQSRDU8PyxYVhFzPE9eF3fL6uDw892xZXBFrb9bkE7K 2Lf0I4+BLPgxDOrs3f6I5CkE8QC3T8yLNiEhbkMvKHxTFMiHeuUxALECM4Xmsm1waLvi ddRA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.218.37 with SMTP id pd5mr25210536obc.24.1345061247919; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:27 -0700 (PDT) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.208.70 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:27 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UAghr11y05jKa-OkrDg7rAxFbxc Message-ID: From: Craig Rodrigues To: Chris Knight Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hyper-V Integration Components Patch for FreeBSD 8.2, 8.3, 9.0 and 9.1-BETA1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:07:29 -0000 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 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