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) Message-ID: <e3f9a081-9c85-cb65-0c9c-e5d25fb00281@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20190206171713.asav4wlhkce2m5wq@mac> References: <1a013128-9efd-9f9c-878c-32c3598734f3@pobox.com> <20190205140951.5ymuixuk64xal6lb@mac> <bfe6ec61-2ea6-1e92-a1f6-ecf17a417874@pobox.com> <nycvar.OFS.7.76.444.1902052016360.11913@z.fncre.vasb> <20190206171713.asav4wlhkce2m5wq@mac>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --lif9161eLVDa1okyxUMcaMu0RCoo6FXVu Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="lI0NgcTq86eHN8NX7cPo8QbPSLJNjHEFZ"; protected-headers="v1" 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> Message-ID: <e3f9a081-9c85-cb65-0c9c-e5d25fb00281@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Extend documentation (was: Re: Issue getting my first Xen domU up) References: <1a013128-9efd-9f9c-878c-32c3598734f3@pobox.com> <20190205140951.5ymuixuk64xal6lb@mac> <bfe6ec61-2ea6-1e92-a1f6-ecf17a417874@pobox.com> <nycvar.OFS.7.76.444.1902052016360.11913@z.fncre.vasb> <20190206171713.asav4wlhkce2m5wq@mac> In-Reply-To: <20190206171713.asav4wlhkce2m5wq@mac> --lI0NgcTq86eHN8NX7cPo8QbPSLJNjHEFZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --lI0NgcTq86eHN8NX7cPo8QbPSLJNjHEFZ-- --lif9161eLVDa1okyxUMcaMu0RCoo6FXVu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEwXonQDvNfP/33IoBVXQ7/QHhjTUFAlxbIfgACgkQVXQ7/QHh jTUdVAf9H8svTcEsE/8KU+Eg9Trfeb7R2v0eNp+l6yvo+k7eRfPf8wnRJITKurXN 3XX95zaJfiVqJpaLOxzfw6hki69BEVAGfmNhID8xow3gJNflPbSTQoZnrC9R2WW5 fJeFmnr7OXTSI3H3Y5hQqoHrVef+v63Z9yTdM/vmnX+awG3pucAVtXyVUz1G4qcv lSVJaXTA4G38ES7OZb6O8y84F1YzN7MRNAMvrvrAEvFlken233nx5LGdK4VsGmiC EYgxR7Sl9/4Zuyc1p+cJJgKxghFEvr4q15P40PAe4jVH6MZ0+kht27T4Fh25xjnR sSv+/aRUqxid/sT+MuItCbyrRkW+/w== =kEYq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lif9161eLVDa1okyxUMcaMu0RCoo6FXVu--
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