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Date:      Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:18:13 -0500
From:      Charles Remes <lists@chuckremes.com>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OS X Guest on Bhyve
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There is a virtio-net driver but it=E2=80=99s likely out of date. See =
here:

https://github.com/pmj/virtio-net-osx

The author periodically responds to opened issues but has stated they =
don=E2=80=99t have time to continue work on it. This did work at one =
point so it probably just needs some bit-rot repaired.


> On Aug 5, 2016, at 10:15, Cory Smelosky <corys@ixsystems.com> wrote:
>=20
> I am unaware of any drivers for virtio-net or the ne2k for OS X =
offhand, however if there ends up being an e1000 emilation you will be =
golden there.
> OS X should be happy with the AHCI device however.
>=20
> If I get bored this weekend I may take a crack at it - I'm betting =
it's AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext related proving issues.
>=20
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 8:09 AM -0700, "Trent Thompson" =
<trentnthompson@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Jordan,
> I've attempted this in the past, and got to an Apple boot screen [1] =
using
> the Clover "Hackintosh" bootloader and Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. =
However,
> depending on the drivers used [2], the instance will either "blow up"
> (crash), or just sit there and hang. After creating the Clover USB =
stick, I
> just use dd to write the image to a file and use that with the ahci-hd
> bhyve driver. I don't attach anything else, no serial, no network, or
> second hard drive yet. According to some Hackintosh people, we should =
try
> different Clover Drivers and "kexts," as well as booting into "verbose
> mode" so we can see how far the boot gets, and where it breaks.
>=20
> I also don't think I'm the only one working on this...
>=20
> Hope this information helps.
>=20
> -Trent (pr1ntf)
>=20
> [1] https://twitter.com/pr1ntf/status/750574003954352128
> [2] https://twitter.com/pr1ntf/status/759734390310121472
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