From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 10:40:59 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACB13AFB; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 10:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x235.google.com (mail-pd0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 784D5BB; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 10:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pdbnk13 with SMTP id nk13so111429597pdb.0; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:40:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=H1FFK6B4TBUL4hrCE/1Xq8VdL9NXvA9EtcdXszrDVL8=; b=mi94i38utE8RbrSgMqNVpxhQcO+6bjI73aRmBdQPJZ0449JffpXs+rN5S2SIBKALoQ on1ctjtvCqHRtlTcWzFBjpp6gN73fxUu6LAYq1s0H8RDI13tdOBjGIfDU4zES1nR/T/B 2DbvYbMz3AMT8lQL5t6h19YzoQgCJN5j2aNiaqH59zUrSxH7tw8QmVKKIHwkQ23aIy+M Ij5dlPRA0xqKV0UEFDEOPNdBitUW0F8aA1DCzkyA5I7HrI0fb2qhePZPMN1siJowOi2z XMriSQMzA1j+FI2gg+Xxl155KdtFNlTs3IqZTRdlVaRtH4Dd17iWHSlM1CcTL/B4u8SX Nnww== X-Received: by 10.66.55.42 with SMTP id o10mr44962499pap.148.1428489659039; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:40:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.66.183.41 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 03:40:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <552452FE.4040209@freebsd.org> From: Stacey Pellegrino Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 11:40:38 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: Bhyve port to Gentoo Linux/FreeBSD and support for AMD64 with PCI pass through... To: Peter Grehan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:40:59 -0000 When is work on IOMMU support for AMD processors to enable PCI passthru expected to be completed? On 8 April 2015 at 09:35, Stacey Pellegrino wrote: > Thanks for the response Peter. Please email me and/or put me on a mailing > list when AMD PCI passthru is supported as this would be much needed for my > existing hardware investment and currently unusable graphics card on > FreeBSD. Thanks. > > On 7 April 2015 at 22:58, Peter Grehan wrote: > >> Hi Stacey, >> >> Can someone provide me (or forward onto the relevant person/team) an >>> update >>> on the Bhyve development? I have been trying ever so hard to find out >>> about >>> the latest AMD Catalyst graphics drivers for FreeBSD (rumours on the >>> internet that they exist and/or are in development) so that I can run >>> multiple displays from my Sapphire Radeon R9 290X. It could still be >>> possible to use this graphics card with FreeBSD 10.1 by means of PCI pass >>> through with Bhyve, although (as I found out with extensive testing with >>> Xen) it is Intel processor favored and supported. When is AMD64 support >>> coming up to the level of development that Intel processors are getting? >>> >> >> AMD processor support in bhyve is almost at the level of Intel processor >> support, with one notable gap being the lack of IOMMU support which is >> required for PCI passthru. >> >> When will Windows and Mac OS X Snow Leopard onwards be supported? >>> >> >> Windows is (slowly) being worked on. Nothing is happening with OSX to my >> knowledge. >> >> Are installations headless and require something like VNC? >>> >> >> Installations are currently via the guest's serial console. >> >> later, >> >> Peter. >> >> >