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To: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org>
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 > Is there any way to get FreeBSD 8.1 working under bhyve?  I've read
> the FAQ and it says 8.4 upwards, but thought it was worth asking here
> just in case it can be done just not in a supported way... :)

  You'll need to backport the virtio drivers. There is a port that 
advertizes 8.2 as the minimum, so I'm not sure if there's extra work 
required to get that built on 8.1.

   http://www.freshports.org/emulators/virtio-kmod/

later,

Peter.