Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:36:44 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Aljoscha Vollmerhaus <avollmerhaus@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with KVM / FreeBSD Guest Message-ID: <51D355FC.7090205@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <51D33E55.3010906@googlemail.com> References: <51D33631.6030807@googlemail.com> <CAFOYbc=SVPRcNvChZS36iQDy3mY7rwoV2s7Z6OJ%2B_qqJ-Tp5rQ@mail.gmail.com> <51D33E55.3010906@googlemail.com>
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On 02/07/2013 21:55, Aljoscha Vollmerhaus wrote:
> On 07/02/2013 10:32 PM, Jack Vogel wrote:
>> What version/distro of Linux are you using. I've had both a 2 and 4
>> cpu kvm guest for
>> development purposes here at Intel and it worked fine. Last I used it
>> was on Fedora 17
>> if memory serves, its been a while.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>
> Thanks for the quick reply,
>
> on the Host I'm running Gentoo Linux, kernel 3.7.10, qemu 1.4.1
> (managed through libvirt).
> There 17 VMs, 1 Windows and the rest linux, they all work fine with up
> to 8 virtual cpus, so I'm guessing FreeBSD as a guest is at fault here.
>
For what is worth I have -CURRENT and 9-STABLE KVM guests on a centos
6.4 KVM host.
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.355.0.1.el6.centos.5.x86_64
libvirt-0.10.2-18.el6_4.8.x86_64
[root@nodule.namesco.net ~]# uname -a
Linux nodule.unsane.co.uk 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 12
03:34:52 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
So it certainly can work. I havent tested more than 4 CPUs that I can
think of. Havent had to do anything special.
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FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE #1 r252202: Tue Jun 25 12:30:35 BST 2013
root@ipamtest.unsane.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
gcc version 4.2.1 20070831 patched [FreeBSD]
CPU: QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) (2333.39-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6d3 Family = 0x6 Model = 0xd
Stepping = 3
Features=0x783f3fd<FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
Features2=0x80002001<SSE3,CX16,HV>
AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
real memory = 2147483648 (2048 MB)
avail memory = 2042982400 (1948 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: <BOCHS BXPCAPIC>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 2 package(s) x 1 core(s)
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: <BOCHS BXPCRSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71,0x72-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
Vince
> A. V.
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