From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Sep 6 12:15:31 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FE3E006FF; Wed, 6 Sep 2017 12:15:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech-lists@zyxst.net) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13FB46C6D0; Wed, 6 Sep 2017 12:15:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech-lists@zyxst.net) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F7A20DA0; Wed, 6 Sep 2017 08:15:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 06 Sep 2017 08:15:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zyxst.net; h=cc :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=jl/lZGaozB3S+w+rJu AFTlcixMu2DLYb5xt+ivA/rok=; b=nhQp2Yveb0JxOCXLjWrksa7oORao7WeBUU +LXKme1OBiPTBMkKnbvwg3qH9RcvTIo/pZCMV1zixvaywTx3fyMmMxTcsAxYfepc sBlm9VTP/AiCMiRTuHnrFsZX7ogPUwhkVlvptilLasIPNmRJhPzSKvvcwiBKkjUd Fxd/l+RfsqTDiTDOEMAep5p+DgsoDw2JEYbbs+M6WmHE1SbSibekV8d6ZXO0qPre 95gH1DBVwsF12GgFHKaSl2OovpALU2p83hUJPqOhQfu5w9rEE364WXIJCwRgjYpF MVCkXuuERJm33PLpCEM6szr8c/EGsjhC3tipDohKE+VPY+zFZrBQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=jl/lZGaozB3S+w+rJuAFTlcixMu2DLYb5xt+ivA/rok=; b=c71OW8C7 bT846UUQXaAIaCpr98Zb0BRR+GTN5dxBv0/VLgMYmfTguWL3/8iS9H0Aq2LSRRKn taBKfJ4N3K2vX3PuqQaRexNQTIK6hMCBAqyH1jdpRx6JT+r8gkZnhuVLzKJb88KO yCFejcje5uIFgvYj98NFvjAZAoumw+2W0/4U+/1lXHkRm1wkpHo/rJJORepoprYi SaLEWHQjaAKKrhdcfCuZtk/ESrwFalOgpmET7miNX1YyTqGGLnFHUSdBlbet1iz3 dwIzxA4N7ys3hwl8veU3DSScXiPgOvhaEq+fNbADe/cla9PdkERlHKr1xs9kmhfC 5Aj2GC40yjmrjQ== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: 5z5fbmywdMLaGZJqDccZx8fLjDU5e3Q79htf3uueLuum 1504700128 Received: from pumpkin.growveg.org (pumpkin.growveg.org [82.70.91.101]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A2E9D7E68E; Wed, 6 Sep 2017 08:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: openbsd 6.0 or 6.1 guest on freebsd-12 (current) host References: To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Jason Tubnor From: tech-lists Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:15:27 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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, 06 Sep 2017 12:15:31 -0000 On 05/09/2017 22:56, Jason Tubnor wrote: > I'm not sure of the exact issue you are referring to but I run a lot of > OpenBSD 6.1 hosts under bhyve with GENERIC.MP .  You > can use either the grub-bhyve style boot or UEFI, both work fine. > > I have found the chyves framework (it is in packages) good for standing > up and managing bhyve guests - with ZFS, especially for a team that are > new to the platform.  You have to hack the following > /usr/local/lib/chyves files: > > chyves-guest-start > chyves-properties > chyves-resources > > to get 6.1 to install and boot (I yet to push those patches upstream). > > So to answer your question directly, there is currently no known issue > in getting bhyve to run OpenBSD 6.1 on Intel or AMD platforms.  Enjoy! Hi Jason, thanks for answering. I'll have a go at this. Up until now I've run all my VMs longhand in a screen. Good to know openbsd works. Have you encountered anything on openbsd in a bhyve that you've found not to work? thanks, -- J.