From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Thu Jun 18 20:28:02 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 572B0332D75 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49ntmL14PGz42Bx for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 22E70332F8E; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: virtualization@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22954332E7E; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49ntmK1XHbz428v; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 05IKRwbK092015; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:27:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 05IKRwah092014; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:27:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202006182027.05IKRwah092014@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: nbdkit on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: To: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:27:58 -0700 (PDT) CC: "Rodney W. Grimes" , alan somers , "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" , freebsd-arm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49ntmK1XHbz428v X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net has no SPF policy when checking 69.59.192.140) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.39 / 15.00]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dnsmgr.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.14)[0.137]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.02)[-0.024]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.37)[0.372]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gndrsh.dnsmgr.net,gmail.com,freebsd.org] X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 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: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:02 -0000 > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 9:53 PM Rodney W. Grimes < > freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > > Does anybody use nbdkit on FreeBSD? It's a fancy NBD (Network Block > > > Device) server. It runs fine on FreeBSD, but there's no port. If > > anybody > > > is interested, I'll make a port for it. However, if I'm the only one > > then > > > I won't bother. > > > > > > https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/ > > > > I am not sure if this is what I looked at, but I was looking > > for a way to do old style sun "nd", and this looks to be 1/2 > > of that, in that I see a server, but no client for the kernel. > > > > I would be interested in NBD if we have both ends. > > > > There's lots of 'other ends' including qemu for this. I specifically meant native FreeBSD kernel. > This is really cool! > > Warner -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org