Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:59:45 -0700 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best branch for bhyve on AMD? Message-ID: <04E4A8F4-F876-4370-9852-7C69900CA3CF@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <52FBB006.7060300@freebsd.org> References: <DA752864-2184-4F14-BC2E-EDF91952AEE6@jnielsen.net> <52FBB006.7060300@freebsd.org>
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On Feb 12, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi John, > >> Am I right in thinking that bhyve support for AMD processors is not >> yet in -STABLE? > > Yes, that's correct. > >> If so, is there working code for bhyve under AMD anywhere? Where? >> -HEAD, projects/bhyve_svm or somewhere else? > > projects/bhyve_svm > >> Is it considered experimental, stable, or something in between? > > I'd home somewhere on the stable side of experimental. I've had good success with it on a Phenom II, but looks like at least 1 user has had issues. > >> Should it work with the above processor? > > I think your model may be predate the h/w nested paging support that bhyve relies on (EPT, or RVI in early AMD terminology). The list of AMD CPUs with RVI is at: > > http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/GPU120AMDRVICPUsHyperVWin8.aspx > > ... and the Athlon 64 X2 isn't on that list :( Thanks for the quick response. Yes, it looks like only K10-ish and newer have RVI, and my Brisbane is the last of the K8s. Bummer. I'll have to see if my board will take a newer processor. :) JN
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