From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 15 21:37:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7111106564A for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:37:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hoo.mb@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de (fmmailgate01.web.de [217.72.192.221]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4226F8FC17 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:37:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp07.web.de ( [172.20.5.215]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1201956E264 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [91.143.98.16] (helo=[192.168.226.106]) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (WEB.DE 4.110 #2) id 1Qt4ae-0006FZ-00 for freebsd-xen@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:20:56 +0200 Message-ID: <4E498DB5.6030400@web.de> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:20:53 +0200 From: Holger Fischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110702 Icedove/3.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: hoo.mb@web.de X-Sender: hoo.mb@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX183nqMH3leLjGv8hjvftg9x5t5owwQrzoKoa0Lt B1x9H361xSdNTIZ2BrFLEAS0pTpVv2lmLq+xgcwPIH3NjM8KUi n6wsGa2Dc= Subject: Where to get the latest kernel and world fixes for freebsd8-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 15 Aug 2011 21:37:08 -0000 Hi All, What is the most stable and performant way to run freebsd 8 as xenhvm domu in 64bit. I decided to build my own mfsbsd(with CUSTOM=1 BUILDKERNEL=1 BUILDWORLD=1 KERNCONF=XENHVMHOO) with a fresh cvsup of freebsd-8-stable in /usr/src. I created my own kernel conf file XENHVMHOO in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf and changed the modules_override option to makeoptions MODULES_OVERRIDE="zfs opensolaris ntfs ext2fs" for zfs-support Any recommendations for other changes in kernel conf file? Are there other patches available which are not in cvs tree of 8-stable? I'd rather use 8.x-release, is there a patchset for 8.x-release containing xen-relevant-patches only? What serious bugs are known and left in 8-stable? Are Patches available? I want to use fbsd-domu to have raidz zpool from 4 dom0 phy: - disks(2tb wd-re4-gp) and do file services and iscsi from that. Iscsi exports are imported in dom0 used for other domu's. At most I need nfsv3-FileService. I'll play around with samba from ports too to test interoperability with a 2008r2 ad at work possibly (including zfsacl/winacl/ricacl - tests). I've seen a bug report back in january somebody having troubles with iet-iscsi-target-port in domu. Is this resolved? Which is the most stable implementation of iscsi-targets(in domu) at the moment iet or istgt? FreeNAS still uses istgt, why? Under Linux People are more convinced with IET (as far as I know, correct me, if I'm wrong) Are there other kernel-based implementations for iscsi-target (planned) - like lio or scst on linux or comstar on solaris-based os's? What about performance of iscsi-target(iet or istgt)(in domu) under fbsd8. I believe it cannot be too bad because freenas provides iscsi-target support. Any counters on that? Again, for this use scenario any known bugs? I'd love to test something making freebsd run more stable as a xen-domu. I have a recent machine running xen at home with a bit free cpu and ram. They run mostly 24/7 so I can do longer tests too. Best regards Holger Fischer