Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:18:57 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bhyve: bhyveload, bhyve, bhyvectl --destroy Message-ID: <556DD771.9080402@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <556DD6EE.3050104@FreeBSD.org> References: <556D9163.1080704@FreeBSD.org> <556DC2FE.1000308@freebsd.org> <556DD6EE.3050104@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2015-06-02 12:16, Andriy Gapon wrote: > On 02/06/2015 17:51, Peter Grehan wrote: >> Hi Andriy, >> >>> I am very new to bhyve, so sorry if I am asking something silly or obvious. >>> I am using bhyve to speed up my testing and it seems that each time I need to >>> restart a VM I need to go through the cycle of destroying it with bhyvectl >>> --destroy, then re-loading a kernel with bhyveload and then actually booting the >>> VM with bhyve. It seems that I have to do this even if I don't change th kernel >>> between reboots. My first naive impression was that the point of bhyveload was >>> to load the kernel once. Seems it ain't so? >> >> bhyveload does the job of what BIOS/boot0/1/2/loader would do on real h/w, so >> it has to be executed each time on restart. >> >> One optimization to the cycle you mentioned is that bhyvectl --destroy only has >> to be done when the VM is no longer needed i.e you can loop with bhyveload/bhyve. > > I see now. Thank you very much! > > BTW, and probably you are already aware of this, the documentation could use > some work :-) I noticed at least the following: > - bhyvectl is not documented > - bhyve(8) and bhyveload(8) refer to vmm(4), which does not exist > - bhyveload(8) does not mention that -d can be used multiple times > - bhyve(8) has at least one incorrect reference to bhyveload(*4*) > - bhyve(8) mentions vmnet - does that exist? > > But these are very minor things. bhyve rules :) > vmnet does exist, it is a type of tap, I'll get it hooked up as an alias to the tap man page. -- Allan Jude
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