From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 29 17:31:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAE3B16A46D for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:31:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash+freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ECBB13C4AC for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:30:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash+freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC1B1A000B34; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bAxF5nBqxzNu; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DFFE1A000B17; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash Organization: School District 73 To: kps@ucsb.edu Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:37 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <48344.172.16.9.1.1192472836.squirrel@www.xtra-net.be> <20071025201857.GC43606@aleph.cepheid.org> <200710281319.33309.kps@ucsb.edu> In-Reply-To: <200710281319.33309.kps@ucsb.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200710291012.38130.fjwcash+freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xen Status : FreeBSD-current as Dom/U. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:31:03 -0000 On October 28, 2007 01:19 pm Kevin Schmidt wrote: > On Thursday 25 October 2007, Erik Osterholm wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 05:06:49AM +0900, Harrison Grundy wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 12:05 +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > > > "Vincent Blondel" writes: > > > > > Can somebody indicate me what settings I have to include in > > > > > GENERIC config file so to compile a Xen Dom/U FreeBSD kernel. > > > > > > > > FreeBSD currently does not support running under Xen. > > > > > > I just thought I'd note that you can use Xen with FreeBSD if your > > > processor supports hardware virtualization, I believe. > > > > I have yet to hear any independant verification of this. Anyone > > actually running FreeBSD as a domU with hardware virtualization? > > FWIW, I've tried FreeBSD as an HVM guest on several Linux distros as > Dom0, Xen 3.0 (3.0.3, 3.0.4) and 3.1 (3.1.0), using Xen packages and > manual compiles. Linux distros included Ubuntu 7.04 and Debian 4. > FreeBSD 6.2 and 7.0 -- release and snapshots -- consistently fail to > boot with a looping "BTX halted" and register dump. If there's a way > to install stock FreeBSD under Xen HVM, I haven't seen it. Without > saying whether this is properly a Xen problem or FBSD BTX problem, my > guess is this type of installation will not work until there are BTX > changes. Crap, that's not what I want to hear. :( Any chance you would be willing/able to test using XenEnterprise 4 as the=20 Dom0 (there's a free version available at: http://www.citrixxenserver.com/products/Pages/XenExpress.aspx). We're in the process of ordering a system for use with Xen and were hoping= =20 to use if for virtualising FreeBSD 7.x (using HVM), Windows 2k3 (using=20 HVM), along with Debian and Ubuntu Server (using paravirt). =2D-=20 =46reddie Cash, LPIC-2 CCNT CCLP Network Support Technician School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fjwcash+freebsd@gmail.com