From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 23:19:16 2012 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 5011A1065670 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:19:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [IPv6:2001:470:1:117::25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 353DA8FC16 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from delta.delphij.net (drawbridge.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C088ACB5A; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:19:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1327015156; bh=VMWBYoB4CjsZpUPDRPtoms4tgvbwbbSBaBU+/dvZ7Ck=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject: References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=wUr4yFXEyB65oZaq+SmddIVwpw/75pLS9w3hhlyw3KNnlPE2986QnNnkzJsBhuJZB 5aHW1B6rfj30m0K9DSSHsR6k+BRp2qNLwn0xDaTqagG6GlAEt9YZn0Rc6c/ouqoCvA T5uHNEthHESn6+JZ+Ie5/5bXc22bsRvAuago863M= Message-ID: <4F18A4F2.7040205@delphij.net> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:19:14 -0800 From: Xin Li Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Connor References: <7840786B-5C23-4C6D-AEE5-3DC23E96FC82@kfu.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: undefined Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE success X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net 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: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:19:16 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/12 13:22, Matt Connor wrote: > On 19.01.2012 13:15, Nick Sayer wrote: >> I have a VPS at rootbsd.net, and have been running 8.2-RELEASE >> with a XENHVM kernel with a patch to fix the 'do something smart' >> panic in if_xn. I fetched the 9.0-RELEASE source tree and built a >> kernel to try and it worked without any muss or fuss. I did the >> rest of the upgrade and it's working just fine, so far as I can >> tell. >> >> And there was much >> rejoicing._______________________________________________ > > Same here at ssdnodes.com - we pulled the new source tree, rebuilt > with our modified XENHVM and haven't had any issues so far. > > We had many tweaks in /etc/sysctl.conf to improve throughput for > the 8.2-RELEASE, the 9.0-RELEASE systems still remained snappy > after the tweaks were removed. What kinds of tweaks are needed? (i.e. should we make them the defaults?) Cheers, - -- Xin LI https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8YpPIACgkQOfuToMruuMAMGwCggFpnZAu9u9gRq9yxlKgkKQBx 4y8AmwZAHCxAz9e5x72zGzJCGSS/tPMp =dxSG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----