From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Thu Feb 4 18:37:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC828A9B4D4; Thu, 4 Feb 2016 18:37:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmarquess@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com (mail-io0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B84B71D52; Thu, 4 Feb 2016 18:37:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmarquess@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x229.google.com with SMTP id f81so102560713iof.0; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:37:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hNyEnWDSppDZwxp+/EkYFAHHP/YGUxP3BFTHS+F0+6s=; b=fUvcbnE5G+XbiSxYTClsKUsJ8zrOP40Jwp5UlGrRjiHStrNvA6dMoqfFdWmqS1lllZ hRmyTmj4pZRF+vWn9OqYEBeIEZQLcxbdUso4UMqAPFVojl3woMeR4E5OvfKE26RfOY89 1RrllBTPXUrOUL38s+5+S/y2/7xTthj3ap5q/tIHwqktuEhuEMQQ7bV0g0nroCqzTZ0t 2/VtYVOndp4PBRvozVWydt0KO3Vl4rfLCDtP4cYBv4x7BJfm2FKeTT3injwVTeR3tWRt 0IHBmtK8ShIhKJR+Dh1If8CuE5FG4fnT+6wCxCmzxbuY9zov3pDimxDKFsOg9jYKqSGM KgRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hNyEnWDSppDZwxp+/EkYFAHHP/YGUxP3BFTHS+F0+6s=; b=TzRsO+76B3Ow2RCZThtenOpx781KjdPzx2w3SU7eTKV9ROAqiZgFm7yK1EdHBv9Wdu yR3a1zsnE3e3QnK2LAi9YwFoFwpIk/RxH8QaxJH+n/PlHHZBfHs3yYTjC5Rk+3SK3v4p gZrGAnloETJ+zFfedsi+Z3BfRDLnFwLElVUiCSYgxCPlhl2QdCy7pz4+FS63f6WEIvUV ZZcCn1NsgxMU62CTP5qEQrFcaC30bUHgTULozEbh6FzGQWdwtDKWGCZEbz+La8dqqUiu CBr1NW20TvNgXCg1kx1ivOBlSDdvy45DDkqIggULY/0KvS63S18r230Ync0eEYJlWWF6 cAQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORoDdfoJdRLaqbF9BOt5ME9Zg3tMPlEV/lZ1FHnQKDTfmfXmh7UhSCz6F3nVl1hrrinZKQGB3/tIauqhw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.154.80 with SMTP id c77mr10743215ioe.162.1454611069964; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:37:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.143.193 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:37:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56B383B6.20100@gmail.com> References: <56B32F11.7050100@gmail.com> <56B34238.2070804@citrix.com> <56B383B6.20100@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:37:49 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: AMD CPUs From: Dustin Marquess To: Gerd Hafenbrack Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:37:51 -0000 I'm using bhyve on my AMD box because of this exact reason. It's working well enough for me! -Dustin On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Gerd Hafenbrack wrote: > On 2016-02-04 13:21, Roger Pau Monn=C3=A9 wrote: >> El 4/2/16 a les 11:59, Gerd Hafenbrack ha escrit: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I read on http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/FreeBSD_Dom0 the following: >>>> ... to run a FreeBSD PVH Dom0 an Intel box with EPT and a working IOMM= U is required. >>> >>> Why only intel and not an AMD CPU with Rapid Virtualization Indexing >>> (RVI) and IOMMU as well? >> >> There's no technical reason on why this was done this way. It's just >> that the original PVH implementation inside of Xen was badly designed, >> and one of the results is the lack of support on AMD hardware. This is >> not related to FreeBSD at all, Linux has the same exact problem. >> >> I'm (together with other people) currently working on removing this (and >> other) stupid limitation by doing a proper implementation of PVH inside >> of Xen. This new implementation is ATM called HVMlite. Sadly I can not >> yet provide an ETA on when this is going to be finished. Once HVMlite is >> finished inside of Xen FreeBSD will hopefully be able to run on AMD >> hardware just like it does on Intel one. I will do a HEADS UP once this >> is in testing state. >> >> Roger. > > Thx. > > I have to use an AMD box. > > In the meantime: > bhyve? Already mature enough? > or > VirtualBox? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@free= bsd.org"