Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:32:36 +0200 From: Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com> To: virtualization@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: bhyve no longer doing netboot/ipxe Message-ID: <CAPJSo4U7m%2B=X4Df=3eODeaTLZND_oFR_Ro76qyRFoFaV6nkcDA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPJSo4VG74Pzq6oeJ0yyZfAFdEPXHAhRTYm1urKWZHWPwcc=wA@mail.gmail.com> References: <BFD34AD4-2553-45E0-81DA-C8548A2A4156@cs.huji.ac.il> <912345r3-4r1p-644-9p95-pqp9896ns711@mnoonqbm.arg> <0C49DFF4-A571-4D8E-8DC7-685DC88F2F93@cs.huji.ac.il> <CAPJSo4VG74Pzq6oeJ0yyZfAFdEPXHAhRTYm1urKWZHWPwcc=wA@mail.gmail.com>
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Repost to <virtualization@freebsd.org> too. On Sat, 4 Jul 2026 at 16:07, Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > > > > On 4 Jul 2026, at 0:13, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 1 Jul 2026, Daniel Braniss wrote: > > > >> after spending hours with several claude/google/etc which have too much misinformation, > >> is there a right way to do ipxe boot which still works fine when the host is 14.3 but no longer with 15.1 > >> thanks, > > > > See: > > > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294520 > > > > the problem is that the way bhyve firmware is being built. > > > > -- > > Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7 > > after many hours of trial and error this is now working: > debug=“yes" > loader="uefi" > uefi_vars="yes" > cpu=2 > memory=32G > virt_random="yes" > network0_type="virtio-net" > network0_switch="public" > disk0_type="virtio-blk" > disk0_name="/dev/zvol/h/bhv-02" > disk0_dev="custom" > uuid="86b8741f-7764-11f1-8266-b8ca3aee713a" > network0_mac="58:9c:fc:00:6c:88" > graphics="yes" > graphics_res="1024x768" > grafics_wait="yes" > graphics_listen="0.0.0.0:5901” > > and changing the filename in my dhcp i can boot diskless or local root. > the efi partition is empty, so it’s getting the bootrom from /usr/local/share/… > > from the logs: > 2026-07-04T16:54:49+03:00: restarting > 2026-07-04T16:54:49+03:00: [bhyve options: -c 2 -m 32G -AHPw -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd,/h/vm/bhv-02/uefi-vars.fd -U 86b8741f-7764-11f1-8266-b8ca3aee713a -u] > 2026-07-04T16:54:49+03:00: [bhyve devices: -s 0,hostbridge -s 31,lpc -s 0:4:0,virtio-blk,/dev/zvol/h/bhv-02 -s 0:5:0,virtio-net,tap0,mac=58:9c:fc:00:6c:88 -s 0:6:0,virtio-rnd -s 0:7:0,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:5901:5900,w=1024,h=768] > 2026-07-04T16:54:49+03:00: [bhyve console: -l com1,/dev/nmdm-bhv-02.1A] > 2026-07-04T16:54:49+03:00: starting bhyve (run 2) > > im still baffled, Why? Is this issue not fixed? IMO an official FreeBSD writeup on how to boot something via netboot/ipxe would be good. Lionel -- Lionelhome | help
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