Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:51:15 +0000 From: Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> To: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org> Cc: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtio for 9.1-R Message-ID: <50B551F3.5000203@rewt.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <1413359714.1585.1354058524040.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> References: <1413359714.1585.1354058524040.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org>
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On 27/11/2012 23:22, Bryan Venteicher wrote: > Hi, > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joe Holden" <lists@rewt.org.uk> >> To: "Sergey Kandaurov" <pluknet@gmail.com> >> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:49:07 PM >> Subject: Re: virtio for 9.1-R >> >> On 27/11/2012 19:25, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: >>> On 27 November 2012 22:12, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> wrote: >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> I can't see virtio in releng/9.1, is there any particular reason >>>> why it >>>> isn't going to be included given that it works reasonable well >>>> (and is >>>> optional anyway, so not likely to be detrimental)? >>> >>> virtio appeared in stable/9 a bit after 9.1 cut off, >>> and it is too late now regardless of virtio shape. >>> Anyway you can installed it from ports. >>> >> Ah I see, doesn't really help all the people who can't install it in >> KVM >> and such though unfortunately, seems silly making them wait even >> longer and having to use Linux :) >> > > Yes - it is long overdue and something I plan to fix in the next > month. There have been off-list patches floating around that do > just that. > > I also plan to spend my spare time in Dec. to work on FreeBSD > VirtIO improvements/bugs/nags. I've been busy with $JOB and have > been busy finishing up a VMware vmxnet driver. > > Bryan > >> cheers >> _______________________________________________ Sounds good, FWIW I've been using it for a while and it works rather well (on 9.0-R), of course this requires that the KVM instance can be switched to ide mode first (or a custom iso/image uploaded which isn't always possible)
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