From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 19 22:55:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BA73A50 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:55:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-x22f.google.com (mail-ve0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA4AD13BD for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f175.google.com with SMTP id c14so177855vea.6 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:55:07 -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=CGpu38qDZ2ePqLw+gCEbYIV5tNpoLiy/irSD7SbP2MI=; b=JHjzIjlrcVqi8RHgZ0YxWEiQrsHTAiiLrRW8E/YCXIzJcn2JRQW8Be6Vs9TcM58mW2 v5P2nLGfxuk14k+D66undL1r802MH10lQ25ktUcfXuDX/AQmW4CWrnIRwl7jj36f2CNX C5eOtlkO3MIZLXrr/sj/KtPkZ5KGLf150ET9izZca3cmw1QtmBjg05hXG3gM0jKCvl5p UDscNGzZALvSaaBxnFVJDT6YUNqHGcdfP9EFUL1vfzjGh8uSCaeV6DLEgTz+BwoGWWGi qTluwnpltFxwt9eJe+t+xM/apQn1ZYb9HK28EswGrxT1NaY9MVMVwme3hmUavIDLw6iD /RUg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.227.38 with SMTP id rx6mr8676289vec.10.1390172107050; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:55:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.168.135 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:55:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <9C504625-F183-455E-A0FD-F9A5EC5FA944@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:55:07 -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 22:55:08 -0000 On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Thomas Hoffmann wrote: > 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 >> specs: >> >> FreeBSD 10.0 64 bit >> ASUS P6T Deluxe >> Intel i7 920 >> >> According to what I=92ve researched my cpu should have the VT-D extensio= ns. >> However many users of this motherboard have complained about ASUS not >> properly supporting VT-D with Xen and something about a problem with tab= les >> 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=3De= n-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 >> with 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 somethin= g >> about uhci interrupt problem. As soon as that happens the messages repe= ats >> 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 >> what text is appearing before the uhci errors? Perhaps some kind of dum= p >> procedure? Or is there a way I can confirm that freebsd can properly se= e >> and utilize the VT-D extensions. VirtualBox runs fine with the VT >> extensions enabled. I also made sure VirtualBox wasn=92t installed or l= oaded >> 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 > But this i7-920 processor does: http://ark.intel.com/products/43126/Intel-Core-i7-920XM-Processor-Extreme-E= dition-8M-Cache-2_00-GHz Not sure which you have. -Tom