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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:05:43 +0100
From:      Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
To:        =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=c3=a9?= <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Cc:        Eric Bautsch <eric.bautsch@pobox.com>, freebsd-xen@freebsd.org, Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info>
Subject:   Re: Extend documentation (was: Re: Issue getting my first Xen domU up)
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From: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: Eric Bautsch <eric.bautsch@pobox.com>, freebsd-xen@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: Extend documentation (was: Re: Issue getting my first Xen domU
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Hello Roger,

Am 06.02.19 um 18:17 schrieb Roger Pau Monn=C3=A9:
> Adding Benedict who wrote the Xen handbook documentation, and
> hopefully would be able to fix it :).
>=20
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 08:18:05PM +0000, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2019, Eric Bautsch wrote:
>>
>>> And yes, the qemu-dm-titania.log would have been the place to look. I=
 feel
>>> pretty stupid. It says:
>>
>> Don't feel stupid. I am using Xen with Dom0 on FreeBSD for months now
>> and I didn't know where the qemu logs go - I was able to figure out
>> the problem by staring at the configuration file for a long time.
>>
>> Therefore your question was very helpful also for me - thanks!
>=20
> It seems there's one piece missing in the handbook which I didn't
> realize, the if_tap module needs to be loaded for QEMU to work.
>=20
> I suggest the following is added to the handbook:
>=20
> ```
> sysrc -f /boot/loader.conf if_tap_load=3D"YES"
> ```
>=20
> And then I've also realized the following line:
>=20
> ```
> sysrc -f /boot/loader.conf hw.pci.mcfg=3D0
> ```
>=20
> Is only needed for Xen 4.7, but not for Xen 4.11.
>=20
> Finally it might be interesting to add a reference to the location of
> the Xen logs. This should likely be added at the end of the document,
> I think something along the lines of:
>=20
> ```
> Xen toolstack related logs can be found at /var/log/xen/ be sure to
> check the contents of that directory if experiencing issues.
> ```
>=20
> Sorry to bother you Benedict, but do you think you could make the
> following changes?
>=20
> Thanks, Roger.
>=20

I could make those change, but not today as we are recording BSDNow.tv.
Tomorrow is better. The changes themselves seem straightforward enough.
I'll come up with a patch and add you to the review on Phabricator.

Cheers,
Benedict


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