Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:24:14 +0400 From: =?UTF-8?B?0JXQstCz0LXQvdC40LkgSVJPTg==?= <iron@mail.ua> To: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0ZXIgR3JlaGFu?= <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmVbMl06IFZNIHVucmVzdHJpY3RlZCBndWVzdCBjYXBhYmlsaXR5IHJlcXVp?= =?UTF-8?B?cmVk?= Message-ID: <1412310254.523165637@f125.i.mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <542E1F4F.4040102@freebsd.org> References: <1412303890.698110582@f94.i.mail.ru> <542E1F4F.4040102@freebsd.org>
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Is that means there is no way to install Linux as guest with current grub-bhyve implementation and my hardware? Thanks Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:00:15 -0700 от Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>: >Hi, > >> I'm trying to install Ubuntu Linux 14.10 as a guest in FreeBSD >> 11-CURRENT r272460 host. When I try to run grub-bhyve (version 0.23) >> I see in console message: VM unrestricted guest capability required >> Error in initializing VM >> >> I've read a thread with the similar problem. As far as I understood, >> this message happen when CPU doesn't have unrestricted guest >> capability support (EPT). > > 'Unrestricted guest' is a different feature than EPT (Extended Page >Tables). It allows the CPU to run in real mode and unpaged protected >mode. This feature was introduced with the Westmere microarchitecture, >and isn't available in your core i7 780 (aka Lynnfield, a Nehalem-based >model) > > grub boots Linux in unpaged 32-bit "flat" protected mode so requires >unrestricted guest support. > > Although bhyveload boots FreeBSD directly into 64-bit paged protected >mode, secondary processors require 16-bit real mode to be spun up. This >limits FreeBSD to a single CPU on any Nehalem-derived system. > >later, > >PEter.
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