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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:45:18 -0800
From:      "Rudy (bulk)" <crapsh@monkeybrains.net>
To:        Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   [SOLVED] Re: lazy bhyve doesn't boot until I conenct to console
Message-ID:  <53103E8E.80709@monkeybrains.net>
In-Reply-To: <531035FD.4030704@freebsd.org>
References:  <5310346B.4000001@monkeybrains.net> <531035FD.4030704@freebsd.org>

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On 2/27/14, 11:08 PM, Peter Grehan wrote:
> Hi Rudy, 
>
>
>> I'm seeing something odd...  I am running this command:
>>
>>   bhyve -c 4 -m 2048M -H -P -A -s 0:0,hostbridge -s 1:0,lpc -s
>> 2,virtio-net,tap1 -s 3,virtio-blk,/dev/zvol/data/vm1 -l com1,/dev/nmdm1A
>> vm1
>> but I the VM is being lazy...
>
>  A number of people have reported this, and looking at it, I think 
> it's a bug in bhyve.
>
>  nmdm attempts to simulate modem control (not quite correctly - run 
> back-back cu's to see some of the behaviour), but also bhyve doesn't 
> open the device non-blocking. This results in the open() syscall 
> waiting for simulated carrier-detect to arrive, which doesn't happen 
> until the other end of the nmdm is opened.
>

I have a fix: echo into the nmdm after booting VM.

Added this line to bhyve.rc

echo >> ${bhyve_nmdmBdev}


Rudy



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