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Date:      Mon, 5 Aug 2024 21:13:41 +0200
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: rc(8) script for bhyve(8) on FreeBSD
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I don't want a GUI for bhyve. I want to manage everything by creating a
script in bash.

On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 8:52=E2=80=AFPM Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org=
> wrote:

> On 8/5/24 14:22, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> > On 05/08/2024 18:50, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> >> On 8/5/24 12:12, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> two years elapsed since I last deployed a FreeBSD machine that
> >>> utilizd bhyve(8), which already had bhyve_config(5) support back then=
.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This may feel slightly off topic but I assure you that it is of great
> >> benefit. Have a look at the brilliant creation of Steve Wills that I
> >> know and love as "cirrina" :
> >>
> >>      https://gitlab.com/swills/cirrina/-/releases
> >>
> >> It is very much in active development and does a neat job of handling =
a
> >> pile of stuff related to bhyve. Not the least of which is the creation
> >> and configuration and management of a whole slew of VMs. It is activel=
y
> >> being tested and developed and I have been using it while testing PCI
> >> device passthru of NVidia Quadro GPUs for the purpose of CUDA dev work=
.
> >>
> >> I also am motivated to write up a pile of documentation related to
> >> cirrina given that it really does feel like a Swiss Army Knife which
> >> can do damn near everything I ever wanted with bhyve.
> >
> > I have seen cirrina some time ago. I was interested in GUI.
> A GUI with bells and whistles like VMware Workstation is a long way off.
> Feel free to drop a few million US dollars and I am sure a prototype
> would be available in six months. It may even work.
>
> Sorry but cirrina(d) is just great from the command line for now.
>
> --
> Dennis Clarke
> RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
> UNIX and Linux spoken
>
>
>

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Mario.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I don&#39;t want a GUI for bhyve. I want to manage everyth=
ing by creating a script in bash.<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><=
div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 8:52=E2=80=AFPM=
 Dennis Clarke &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dclarke@blastwave.org">dclarke@blastwa=
ve.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left=
:1ex">On 8/5/24 14:22, Miroslav Lachman wrote:<br>
&gt; On 05/08/2024 18:50, Dennis Clarke wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; On 8/5/24 12:12, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Hello,<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; two years elapsed since I last deployed a FreeBSD machine that=
 <br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; utilizd bhyve(8), which already had bhyve_config(5) support ba=
ck then.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; This may feel slightly off topic but I assure you that it is of gr=
eat<br>
&gt;&gt; benefit. Have a look at the brilliant creation of Steve Wills that=
 I<br>
&gt;&gt; know and love as &quot;cirrina&quot; :<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://gitlab.com/swills/cirr=
ina/-/releases" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gitlab.com/swi=
lls/cirrina/-/releases</a><br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; It is very much in active development and does a neat job of handl=
ing a<br>
&gt;&gt; pile of stuff related to bhyve. Not the least of which is the crea=
tion<br>
&gt;&gt; and configuration and management of a whole slew of VMs. It is act=
ively<br>
&gt;&gt; being tested and developed and I have been using it while testing =
PCI<br>
&gt;&gt; device passthru of NVidia Quadro GPUs for the purpose of CUDA dev =
work.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I also am motivated to write up a pile of documentation related to=
<br>
&gt;&gt; cirrina given that it really does feel like a Swiss Army Knife whi=
ch<br>
&gt;&gt; can do damn near everything I ever wanted with bhyve.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I have seen cirrina some time ago. I was interested in GUI.<br>
A GUI with bells and whistles like VMware Workstation is a long way off.<br=
>
Feel free to drop a few million US dollars and I am sure a prototype<br>
would be available in six months. It may even work.<br>
<br>
Sorry but cirrina(d) is just great from the command line for now.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Dennis Clarke<br>
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC<br>
UNIX and Linux spoken<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre=
fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d=
iv>

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