From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Fri Feb 15 10:11:40 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B85B14D414B for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:11:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=94281382c=roger.pau@citrix.com) Received: from SMTP.EU.CITRIX.COM (smtp.ctxuk.citrix.com [185.25.65.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.citrix.com", Issuer "DigiCert SHA2 Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9139889465 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:11:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=94281382c=roger.pau@citrix.com) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.58,372,1544486400"; d="scan'208";a="86001044" Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:11:18 +0100 From: Roger Pau =?utf-8?B?TW9ubsOp?= To: Eric Bautsch CC: Subject: Re: using virsh and virt-manager for XEN on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20190215100911.zhwxrvtkynucyolt@Air-de-Roger> References: <273ab747-00bf-0985-5be0-8a098f34ecb1@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <273ab747-00bf-0985-5be0-8a098f34ecb1@pobox.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-ClientProxiedBy: AMSPEX02CAS01.citrite.net (10.69.22.112) To AMSPEX02CL02.citrite.net (10.69.22.126) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 9139889465 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of prvs=94281382c=roger.pau@citrix.com designates 185.25.65.24 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=prvs=94281382c=roger.pau@citrix.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.64 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.84)[-0.837,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; ENVFROM_PRVS(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[citrix.com]; FORGED_SENDER_VERP_SRS(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.995,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[24.65.25.185.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.9.2]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[smtp.citrix.com.au,smtp02.citrix.com,smtp.eu.citrix.com,smtp03.citrix.com,smtp.citrix.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.78)[-0.781,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.02)[country: GB(-0.09)]; FORGED_SENDER(0.00)[roger.pau@citrix.com,prvs=94281382c=roger.pau@citrix.com]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:60825, ipnet:185.25.64.0/23, country:GB]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[roger.pau@citrix.com,prvs=94281382c=roger.pau@citrix.com]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:11:40 -0000 On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 07:43:54AM +0000, Eric Bautsch wrote: > Hi All > > > And one more: > > root@bianca # virsh -V > Virsh command line tool of libvirt 4.10.0 > See web site at https://libvirt.org/ > > Compiled with support for: > Hypervisors: VMware PHYP VirtualBox ESX Bhyve Test > Networking: Remote Network Bridging > Storage: Dir ZFS > Miscellaneous: Daemon Secrets Debug Readline > root@bianca # virsh -c xen:///system > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor > error: no connection driver available for xen:///system > > > Based on this output, I'm assuming that virsh (and virt-manager, too) wasn't > compiled with XEN support on FreeBSD. > > > However, this page (from 2015): > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/libvirt-libxl-on-freebsd.51862/ > > > Would seem to suggest that it should work. > > > Should I just stop trying and compile my own virsh and virt-manager? I haven't looked into building virt-manager with Xen support myself, there's definitely Xen support in virt-manager that uses libxl IIRC, but that's not enabled by the virt-manager port. Would you be willing to look into enabling Xen support for the virt-manager port? Thanks, Roger.