From nobody Thu Oct 2 12:50:06 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-net@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 4ccs9D3jWRz69mgp for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:50:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thj@freebsd.org) Received: from fhigh-a2-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-a2-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.153]) (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 did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ccs9C5lMVz3wXw for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:50:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thj@freebsd.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm2 header.b=UGhqGuVW; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=freebsd.org (policy=none); spf=softfail (mx1.freebsd.org: 103.168.172.153 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of thj@freebsd.org) smtp.mailfrom=thj@freebsd.org Received: from phl-compute-03.internal (phl-compute-03.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailfhigh.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B74140020E for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2025 08:50:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-imap-17 ([10.202.2.105]) by phl-compute-03.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:50:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1759409450; x=1759495850; bh=n KqJTds/PNCobO2sOFsLpmqYcuB6BMBoep9HjjWgT+c=; b=UGhqGuVWYUk6RoIZA OyiEFD0tL1dZkVKDa0D4cpYg0WsAadXsqzapOooKi2WL39WDa1nNT69WdkXBs+oi o1Q7YVba/XMZk+9XpOTMIWqJfzXs59IWAIUDQ2RtrzMC0z7UuK4CC2e2fSAeI/yD 3nNfBKVN037kEgIdQ5VJpkgIEOgKRGcYF00uynryf4i2kdK5E17tE2ExTr0ZWpjB h4+JaY5p3TAidNFNucGq/bIYyiLT5u4ar9gu9/DPq1tzghf/H0MTLt1iymYAZsdS SING4EO8soJuqZKt0XEY+lhQxkWg6z9x0XxSD6/sZ18gqCilazL3e5ITJ0cMwjXt eppIw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdeggdekiedtiecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegr ihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepofggfffhvffkjghfufgtgfesthejredtre dttdenucfhrhhomhepfdfvohhmucflohhnvghsfdcuoehthhhjsehfrhgvvggsshgurdho rhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeeiieeuhfduvedvhffgieeggeehuefhieelkeekte evieduudejuddvfeethfevudenucffohhmrghinhepfhhrvggvsghsughfohhunhgurght ihhonhdrohhrghenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpehthhhjsehfrhgvvggsshgurdhorhhgpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhmohgu vgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopehfrhgvvggsshguqdhnvghtsehfrhgvvggssh gurdhorhhg X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: ib75146ab:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.phl.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id A8A79C40071; Thu, 2 Oct 2025 08:50:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: ABYpdeK75kYB Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:50:06 +0100 From: "Tom Jones" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: VPP on FreeBSD Stable 14.3 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.29 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[messagingengine.com:s=fm2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[103.168.172.153:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[freebsd.org : No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed),none]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[messagingengine.com:dkim]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[thj]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:151847, ipnet:103.168.172.0/24, country:AU]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-net@freebsd.org]; R_SPF_SOFTFAIL(0.00)[~all:c]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_DOM_EQ_FROM_DOM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-net@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[messagingengine.com:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4ccs9C5lMVz3wXw On Sat, Sep 27, 2025, at 15:40, Tom Smyth wrote: > Folks, > I was wondering folks who run vpp on FreeBSD, > 1) when I run vpp ssh on the management nic becomes un responsive... Just to confirm, there isn't an "vpp ssh" command I'm not aware of and you are ssh'ing in? > 2) is there a recommended freeBSD /etc/vpp/startup.conf file that > works well for FreeBSD ? > > i have a virtio NIC for management > virtio was my initial development environment, but with bhyve (and one very short test with vmware). > Im trying out FreeBSD with VPP inside a PRoxmox Hosted VM with Intel > IOMMU (not virtio-iommu) 8GB RAM 2 sockets 1 core, assigned to the > VM, > Is that linux kvm? Is there a reproduction environment you could point me at that is a little less work than learning what proxmox is? > > my /boot/loader.conf > cat /boot/loader.conf > boot_multicons=YES > boot_serial=YES > comconsole_speed=115200 > console="comconsole,vidconsole" > contigmem_load="YES" > nic_uio_load="YES" > hw.contigmem.num_buffers=4 > hw.contigmem.buffer_size=1073741824 > hw.nic_uio.bdfs="1:0:0,2:0:0" > This seems fine from what I remember. Could you sketch a picture of how the interfaces are logically connected together/to the vm host? I was looking in my git repos to find the documentation I was sure I wrote. Eventually I remembered this article: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/kernel-development/porting-vpp-to-freebsd-basic-usage/ If you want to go into more detail, or have a more interactive conversation feel free to contact me off list Tom