From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 19 22:34:04 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A44447FB for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:34:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-x22e.google.com (mail-vb0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FD601289 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:34:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f46.google.com with SMTP id o19so2384563vbm.5 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:34:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=tzoTEAQAP/9pLDzQeFUaps8xINm9IAN1iTENP9LMf1Y=; b=QqAn1hnRshZ88FFayOhCCiZI9GATeLmltCxI1vTbRXRlMznwA/LwrAJNqko2TywcIc w3yEizi8pd7YaojpwvCCN3yDCQvOXuhlgFg9xnDit4aSGruTgTE2/mn8/lm6SDyIIWvu REmYzGFjli1L52ONjdUpzUF3Ux/HCwxarHCWiFIqZHye553IfiNpVtWnjD2JAI2uRt0J fdR+0dGuoqB3oYTaC0sNcxQSSco/NGZKPzYVduONAsPH0T0wuwDYWaRCTlDXAkfWJH2a F6pHj9AXWeyTWSChSDOiyLXQBd7hcXHr2ntItjuDiRgJNCf/eqbegX2duCfUw1bTOErR PvaA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.147.16 with SMTP id j16mr6817vcv.28.1390170843388; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:34:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.168.135 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:34:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9C504625-F183-455E-A0FD-F9A5EC5FA944@gmail.com> References: <9C504625-F183-455E-A0FD-F9A5EC5FA944@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:34:03 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: kldload vmm partial lockup From: Thomas Hoffmann To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:34:04 -0000 On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Joe Maloney 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