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Date:      Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:34:03 -0500
From:      Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kldload vmm partial lockup
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On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Joe Maloney <jpm820@gmail.com> wrote:

> I=92ve been trying to get bhyve to work on a system with the following sp=
ecs:
>
> FreeBSD 10.0 64 bit
> ASUS P6T Deluxe
> Intel i7 920
>
> According to what I=92ve researched my cpu should have the VT-D extension=
s.
>  However many users of this motherboard have complained about ASUS not
> properly supporting VT-D with Xen and something about a problem with tabl=
es
> getting corrupt due to a problem with the bios.  On the third link below
> which is the Xen wiki it even states that this motherboard needs a bios
> update which is not available to the public.
>
> https://communities.intel.com/thread/28389
>
>
> http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=3D20090402224408018&SLanguage=3Den=
-us&board_id=3D1
>
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/VTd_HowTo
>
> I am curious though if this would be what would be causing my problem wit=
h
> bhyve?  I suppose I am willing to just by a new motherboard if so.
>
> I can run kldload vmm and I see a bunch of text fly by and then something
> about uhci interrupt problem.  As soon as that happens the messages repea=
ts
> my network drops and no keyboard input.  However the message repeats and =
it
> doesn=92t appear that the system has fully locked up otherwise.  However =
on
> another system that works I notice that kldload VMM does not show this
> information it just loads the module.
>
> Is there a way I can gather more logs somehow so that I can determine wha=
t
> text is appearing before the uhci errors?  Perhaps some kind of dump
> procedure?  Or is there a way I can confirm that freebsd can properly see
> and utilize the VT-D extensions.  VirtualBox runs fine with the VT
> extensions enabled.  I also made sure VirtualBox wasn=92t installed or lo=
aded
> before I tried bhyve.  I=92ve tried to research for a week or two before
> posting here.
>
> Joe Maloney
>

According to this, your processor supports VT-x, but not VT-d ;
http://ark.intel.com/products/37147/Intel-Core-i7-920-Processor-8M-Cache-2_=
66-ghz-4_80-gts-Intel-qpi

-Tom



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