From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Mon May 14 17:20:26 2018 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 1DC75DFB8C6 for ; Mon, 14 May 2018 17:20:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pratiy0100@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x231.google.com (mail-wm0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::231]) (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 87F7B723E7 for ; Mon, 14 May 2018 17:20:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pratiy0100@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x231.google.com with SMTP id n10-v6so16596225wmc.1 for ; Mon, 14 May 2018 10:20:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ro7AWz38wj4b3Oi39LcmrPox3FQogPmAwMrHyMQIR5I=; b=jbcZxCFkloX6EVP6k88rlEzR8nB9WmIbpArCr9L9bhdZ/YHu4XIRXqZIx1/2IzVHL+ vsLV5CqVP3WLfqQ2pfglnD64bSPirBRV93FPBj/7G1+962TB4rl80XzNjzvJeI2SiiHn 7WZVyw+HERR8JidgmaMVUoOCugPl9nySl1pu5kh2SLKWSxu+GE09jNwXDJXLzjqtNnoR dkc+2wblThfglGIorT+3UVS0u6SLpr1800KbjfBfHPjMdkiY8YXIWAj7ZyZtE5MhZ0l6 DZUFogfiPqFWZjNJtvE9fM/qhopmrkPJ0g/JU3f6sY3rSwMoh3gbUCw4OYlDfhWVEM3q Xsmg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ro7AWz38wj4b3Oi39LcmrPox3FQogPmAwMrHyMQIR5I=; b=uaNKIot3cULO7TSWxBCobFnVYiZMsaEPEKaQHvBZHuAKonuPdjeCoCj+fwpHnX8G+O F8DN2oLtRQhXcBJ6mwZvKXnuf9yIlBxkPUU3QRT+IErfYFO6al7BBjj47U7QSz5XwBJ3 dUtv+13Qky+LoxCjSIczGy6CEdnWbR/vuP3LyooEyBIQeqpA9c91fki0jRxWGTJQGNs+ GTN+OndnhT8+2dYj58RiqcSbsTi7yakYEdNgKn45FrYsTrfR41w9jIbQ8kKPdnuN7xfW Z2KadCmJ3XzAJCwXekbsP1APf8CGXsvs0a/PJVAAy84cS2rPhOVOBwQwLaS3ZrqbgF/P 3Eqw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwevksCzGoN2RlaF7fARgh6r5uFlK0Je7pkvRREqIN5JLLDTEdW4 CEn4Bq8bNrB3P/SfKkDZPNjmvWIjwF+X3W+JZLxVlx/G X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZpwBx2r9/Y9dysgJs9h/kT30aXguD/EOg4y0KsKVo7Z/SzMhIVZwNdTS2qV8lLBnfLsS5vzniwgBZOVkPI0RhU= X-Received: by 2002:a50:ad69:: with SMTP id z38-v6mr13840080edc.306.1526318424147; Mon, 14 May 2018 10:20:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.170.33 with HTTP; Mon, 14 May 2018 10:19:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20180514170043.z3netvhmdmwnjmq3@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> References: <20180514170043.z3netvhmdmwnjmq3@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> From: Pratyush Yadav Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 22:49:43 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is it possible to run Xen in a VirtualBox VM? To: =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=C3=A9?= Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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: Mon, 14 May 2018 17:20:26 -0000 On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:30 PM, Roger Pau Monn=C3=A9 wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:25:21PM +0530, Pratyush Yadav wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I tried running Xen in a VirtualBox guest and it errors in the boot >> process giving this error: >> >> xenoprof: Initialization failed. Intel processor family 6 model 60 is >> not supported. >> Dom0 has maximum 600 PIRQs >> >> *********************** >> Panic on cpu 0: >> Error creating domain 0 >> *********************** >> >> So, is it even possible to run Xen in a VM? If it is, how can I fix >> this problem? > > It's likely possible to run Xen + Linux Dom0 inside of VirtualBox, but > it's almost certainly not possible to run Xen + FreeBSD inside of > VirtualBox because it would require an emulated IOMMU, which I don't > think VirtualBox provides. I am working on the Xen grant table handlers (for my Google Summer of Code project [0]) , so do you think I would need to run Xen + FreeBSD when testing? Also, how can I fix the error I'm currently getting about Intel processor not being supported? --=20 Regards, Pratyush Yadav [0] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#6165033877241856