From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 13 04:08:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 545ABF96 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-bn1lp0151.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.163.151]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A596207A for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:08:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.255.230.144) by BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.255.230.144) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.820.5; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:07:56 +0000 Received: from BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.1.22]) by BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.1.22]) with mapi id 15.00.0820.005; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:07:55 +0000 From: "Abhishek Gupta (LIS)" To: Michael Dexter Subject: RE: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines Thread-Topic: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines Thread-Index: Ac7fCkvDb2LXFSnUTum9MIIqNVfZtgABb40AAAE77pAAFlK4gAAfLjBwAAh2soAABkKhWg== Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:07:55 +0000 Message-ID: <6b5e798a69db469381e169e37460ce35@BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> References: <528128E2.6000006@callfortesting.org> <8c6f3f012fc94908bf6a40cdd0d235d7@BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> <5281C6F9.8040109@callfortesting.org> , <5282D105.7000804@callfortesting.org> In-Reply-To: <5282D105.7000804@callfortesting.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [71.227.189.220] x-forefront-prvs: 0029F17A3F x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(51914003)(24454002)(377454003)(479174003)(51694002)(199002)(189002)(79102001)(50986001)(66066001)(47976001)(85806002)(80022001)(54356001)(19580405001)(83322001)(83072001)(53806001)(49866001)(47736001)(19580395003)(4396001)(74316001)(33646001)(74366001)(76786001)(76796001)(80976001)(81816001)(56816003)(77096001)(76576001)(65816001)(81342001)(87936001)(74876001)(81542001)(63696002)(74662001)(2656002)(74502001)(87266001)(31966008)(74706001)(77982001)(47446002)(59766001)(76482001)(51856001)(81686001)(46102001)(85306002)(56776001)(69226001)(54316002)(24736002); DIR:OUT; SFP:; SCL:1; SRVR:BL2PR03MB210; H:BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com; CLIP:71.227.189.220; FPR:; RD:InfoNoRecords; A:1; MX:1; LANG:en; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: microsoft.com Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 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, 13 Nov 2013 04:08:03 -0000 Thanks for the insight Michael. Duly noted.=0A= Abhishek=0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: Michael Dexter =0A= Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:08 PM=0A= To: Abhishek Gupta (LIS)=0A= Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org=0A= Subject: Re: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines=0A= =0A= On 11/12/13 1:07 PM, Abhishek Gupta (LIS) wrote:=0A= > Thanks for the response Michael! I understand now. Just wanted to let=0A= > you know that Hyper-V Gen2 VMs do not have a virtual FDD.=0A= =0A= On the topic of passing a virtual FDD to a VM for a passed-through PCI*=0A= card BIOS update, a bhyve developer wrote:=0A= =0A= "Strictly speaking, it depends on the device: some can=0A= restart with a function-level reset, but more than likely they would=0A= require a power-cycle, and most systems don't provide the ability to=0A= power-cycle an individual card."=0A= =0A= Michael=0A=