From nobody Mon Sep 18 13:58:55 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-virtualization@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Rq5y62nVzz4tFKR for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:59:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from webmail5.jnielsen.net (webmail5.jnielsen.net [IPv6:2607:f170:34:11::b0]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.freebsdsolutions.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Rq5y552yQz4YnK for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:59:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtpclient.apple (166-70-14-17.xmission.com [166.70.14.17] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by webmail5.jnielsen.net (8.17.2/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 38IDx5qq050039 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:59:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: webmail5.jnielsen.net: Host 166-70-14-17.xmission.com [166.70.14.17] (may be forged) claimed to be smtpclient.apple Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: John Nielsen List-Id: Discussion List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-virtualization List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: block-device backed (not zvol) bhyve guest? Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:58:55 -0600 Message-Id: <5494CF10-2A19-45CD-9B9E-44BB61773406@jnielsen.net> References: Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: To: void X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (20G81) X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6364, ipnet:2607:f170:30::/44, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Rq5y552yQz4YnK > On Sep 18, 2023, at 7:47 AM, void wrote: >=20 > As one can make a zvol-backed bhyve installation, can the same be done wit= h a regular block device, like /dev/da0? >=20 > (for context, this is an unformatted ssd) Yes. They are all just block devices at the end of the day.=