From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Nov 29 12:04:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@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 25FE0C58B29 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0405F1D7A for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 0047CC58B28; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:04:39 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: hackers@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 F40C1C58B26 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22a.google.com (mail-io0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22a]) (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 BD6AD1D79 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id a124so284933202ioe.2 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:04:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=MXDdJ/tdPr4KSTaNXl44Rxq3fL7Aj26IZuBH0aXaEeI=; b=uUyVY+jatXhR3vE/peSX+OEWaHp9X8vbjez3ss6j/dzuOzJaU9r5/tC8nLoxg9QTz2 6LrVP3Lj82suVuQDVLULgrYN5zNqYHF0OuiyrokNNhnBHa7sC4sCoX6oW95FwSZUcQmm FCNwURS4y8IkLYhUKKSQ2FWNk7CH8gPs9UvgJOB0rRoPTyCl8SUk772Nn+59VUkL9kj2 Ru4chxUrxClho+m7q6hRSJgBJIimAMmDx/bMq2Km6/pSyeSz/w76Sg3dxYUgX3idqzbP g89b5DsEdkuJgYTCQfAHqY/OcDA9QmoRUvPjjHIIl3k8soXJ2LMf/YByk7tSOUU+7iyJ EPWQ== 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:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=MXDdJ/tdPr4KSTaNXl44Rxq3fL7Aj26IZuBH0aXaEeI=; b=EDX1BaKuM8uKeIydG914SiSUs9ZtmZVbQ+bHQ83Ppb2ftDWotsigMDVbWjbfHs98R/ LM6wgVukKYGbggnooikY5RisdPIluaZ00P/vzr0ekhQ4NTuWroiBx0RVksQH6KdjmAOp r57u3XEvXlYcnzxUtR2ICjvKyUTezNGmDT3euqTC/T1OTT/lPq9qllsPxHmkealDR7om pKXtBN+dTqIOfqd4yQIdCh+1iv1LP17J4KcenLzOyvKm9Q46aQHiLSlAAY7+iysIjE0D mxikGgRh8Or3NTSB+GWSyO3Rvq5J0E3t5Aqke0f22TTsfF/oMUMZOecnCI5rIePg8HBF O8bA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC013/PyMpizuoJGYE1C1kQfsGoDegZEKJYOr/lb4DxDMvfOuGFvSZL5c+CLUmKfZTAzUJpwLxcnJ7oamuQ== X-Received: by 10.107.16.170 with SMTP id 42mr22960599ioq.93.1480421078114; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:04:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.158.11 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:03:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Outback Dingo Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:03:57 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Bhyve backend for OpenStack To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: Stephen Hocking , hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:04:39 -0000 On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Z series machines run in x86 mode and then use QEMU on top of Linux so > there is almost no porting needed. OS is very very closely tied to Linux > (and all the advantages and drawbacks of doing stuff that way)... See web > site in my signature for more... currently there is no directly > downloadable copy but if you want to try it out just ask me and I will tell > you where to get it... by the time the mentioned issue of BSD mag is out > though the site will be fully up > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 5:44 AM, Stephen Hocking > wrote: > >> Well, I figure that if IBM's System Z can have a backend, then why can't >> FreeBSD? >> >> On 29 November 2016 at 21:37, Aryeh Friedman >> wrote: >> >>> The best option is to run OS inside of bhyve guests running linux... it >>> would take significant work to make nova run on FreeBSD for example... >>> there are a few other possible options for clouding a FreeBSD host... see a >>> forthcoming issue of BSD Magazine for details >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 5:30 AM, Stephen Hocking < >>> stephen.hocking@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Having just returned from my local OpenStack User's Group meeting, I was >>>> wondering if anyone had looked at this? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> "I and the public know >>>> what all schoolchildren learn >>>> Those to whom evil is done >>>> Do evil in return" W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939" >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@f >>>> reebsd.org" >>>> >>> >>> aside from this thread there was a push for bhyve support in libvirt in which openstack prefers it be done via the libvirt layer. being which libvirt does now have support for bhyve, as also it is possible to actually run openstack nova compute on FreeBSD, among other openstack services. that being said however nobody has successfully packaged it up into a complete useable "freebsd" based environment. With enough research and googling youll find the remnant of the efforts out there on the web, I think it really should be taken to further the efforts of a native deployment itself. I think there would be some effort to complete it, but it is not unfathomable to accomplish if the right players got involved to follow it through. >>> >>> -- >>> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "I and the public know >> what all schoolchildren learn >> Those to whom evil is done >> Do evil in return" W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939" >> >> >> > > > -- > Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"