From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 10 16:26:28 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1263282 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lidl@pix.net) Received: from Mail.Fairview-Park.Com (Mail.Fairview-Park.Com [98.141.206.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC2E7FB for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:26:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.8.101] (Kurt.Fairview-Park.Com [192.168.8.101]) (authenticated bits=0) by Mail.Fairview-Park.Com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r0AGOuLh023426 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:24:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lidl@pix.net) X-FVP-rcvd: Kurt.Fairview-Park.Com [192.168.8.101] Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:24:56 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <50EEEB70.509@pix.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:25:20 -0500 From: Kurt Lidl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Moving bhyve to head References: <50ECFD6C.4000408@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <50ECFD6C.4000408@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:26:29 -0000 > Neel and I would like to move bhyve development from the > projects/bhyve branch into CURRENT. This will allow the code > to reach a wider audience before 10, and provide us with better > feedback on what features should be prioritized. > > The intent of bhyve is to provide a small, extendible codebase > that allows FreeBSD users to easily run virtual machines. Currently, > bhyve supports running FreeBSD/amd64 guests on FreeBSD/amd64 > hosts with Intel VT-x and EPT CPU support. Additional guest operating > systems should be available in the near future, as will AMD-SVM CPU support. > > bhyve is implemented as a kernel module and user-level utilities. Note > that it has zero impact on the system until the module is loaded. This is exciting news. I would be very happy to see this in CURRENT. -Kurt