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Date:      Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:41:38 +0200
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Cc:        =?UTF-8?Q?Corvin_K=C3=B6hne?= <c.koehne@beckhoff.com>,  FreeBSD virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to run bhyve and virtualbox at the same time
Message-ID:  <CA%2B1FSihK9Q4cmthTyGb_TQLN_LOC%2B2GAiFoOOukQHGQ0Scuzsw@mail.gmail.com>
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I did it already and it works. Fact is that if I use virtualbox I can't use
bhyve at the same time. So It's not a good idea to use only virtualbox
machines.

Il giorno lun 27 giu 2022 alle ore 21:01 Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
ha scritto:

> On 26.06.2022 20:43, Mario Marietto wrote:
> > Hello to everyone.
> >
> > Just for educational purposes I've virtualized MacOS Monterey with
> Virtualbox in FreeBSD :
> >
> > Screenshot_2022-06-26_15-32-51.jpg
> >
> > Now,the problem is that Virtualbox supports only USB 1.0 speed devices
> because it does not support the USB 3.0/3.1 plugin/addon and since I use a
> lot of USB disks and I transfer data between them,I can't have a low level
> speed like that. So,I've thought of some ideas to overcome the problem.
>
> If you need to pass USB disk only (not other kinds of USB devices), then
> USB pass-through is not only way, there is another one:
> you can pass block device without performance hit.
>
> Optionally, in the /etc/devfs.rules:
>
> [localrules=10]
> add path 'da*' mode 0660 group vboxusers
>
> So, any CAM-supported disks including USB-attached is writable by
> vboxusers group.
>
> Then create VMDK link to actual device:
>
> $ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename $HOME/usbdisk.vmdk
> -rawdisk /dev/da1
>
> Then attach VMDK to the VM as fixed HDD.
>
>
>

-- 
Mario.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I did it already and it works. Fact is that if I use virtu=
albox I can&#39;t use bhyve at the same time. So It&#39;s not a good idea t=
o use only virtualbox machines.<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Il giorno lun 27 giu 2022 alle ore 21:01=
 Eugene Grosbein &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:eugen@grosbein.net">eugen@grosbein.n=
et</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-lef=
t:1ex">On 26.06.2022 20:43, Mario Marietto wrote:<br>
&gt; Hello to everyone.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Just for educational purposes I&#39;ve virtualized MacOS Monterey with=
 Virtualbox in FreeBSD :<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Screenshot_2022-06-26_15-32-51.jpg<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Now,the problem is that Virtualbox supports only USB 1.0 speed devices=
 because it does not support the USB 3.0/3.1 plugin/addon and since I use a=
 lot of USB disks and I transfer data between them,I can&#39;t have a low l=
evel speed like that. So,I&#39;ve thought of some ideas to overcome the pro=
blem.<br>
<br>
If you need to pass USB disk only (not other kinds of USB devices), then US=
B pass-through is not only way, there is another one:<br>
you can pass block device without performance hit.<br>
<br>
Optionally, in the /etc/devfs.rules:<br>
<br>
[localrules=3D10]<br>
add path &#39;da*&#39; mode 0660 group vboxusers<br>
<br>
So, any CAM-supported disks including USB-attached is writable by vboxusers=
 group.<br>
<br>
Then create VMDK link to actual device:<br>
<br>
$ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename $HOME/usbdisk.vmdk -r=
awdisk /dev/da1<br>
<br>
Then attach VMDK to the VM as fixed HDD.<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_signature">Mario.<br></div>

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