From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 00:43:06 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90C762DD for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:43:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f46.google.com (mail-la0-f46.google.com [209.85.215.46]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AA15DCA for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:43:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by labpv20 with SMTP id pv20so25318051lab.8 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:43:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=gzThbWWN/DRoQ3Ld08fRrpFU0PjVFWzEGn2KZtVjeK0=; b=JazbEHEu35VIZU2pefzIzofXRy3YGUIEsygQiYPV5K3RkFk/eF0j5zkZelwfDq7Dz9 8i+iiqj32LjqKlhsA6Soplsv2fwrtqIs45iQzfENtuL9+eiZPnyeIlATmnGL2d/og2HI 9SihjJ2eNSeiCvqZ2ogzgp3nCSQzEHa0WBeqbX5kfXzA04q5DI3PfhcyiU2UsWS9KuvA X33v9asr2gK2kCWOxsqvHLNDuM+X8uNdS7c5BfyCDwWzSl4SdiKA6zTz3hDjObx6H8K/ ZRZLWC6IgY/FDkCKA2nx/ntzLtzLDa/lgtxBrW843ILC9uzZaOtXL+XQpPU+ZMP/DPa2 wG9g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.13.38 with SMTP id e6mr19633789lbc.31.1424047383554; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:43:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.6.134 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:43:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3DE2DD7E-8C5C-4291-A3BA-854625F11B0F@ultra-secure.de> References: <3DE2DD7E-8C5C-4291-A3BA-854625F11B0F@ultra-secure.de> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:43:03 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD 10.1 on Xen? From: Outback Dingo To: Rainer Duffner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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, 16 Feb 2015 00:43:06 -0000 On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Hi, > > we are thinking about running FreeBSD 10.1 on Cloudstack, with Xen > virtualization for a customer in a =E2=80=9Emanaged hosting=E2=80=9C type= of setup - we are > administrators of both Xen and FreeBSD on our own premises). > The customer is currently running a managed multi-server FreeBSD 10.1 > setup on bare metal and is overall quite satisfied but would like to have > more flexibility. > > The handbook mentions nothing about this, there are two different wiki > pages about Xen: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/XenNG > (which I assume is the =E2=80=9Eright=E2=80=9C one nowadays) > and > https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/Xen > > I=E2=80=99m really more a FreeBSD-guy than a Xen guy but I=E2=80=99m wond= ering what the > =E2=80=9Eoptimal=E2=80=9C configuration for such a setup is? > > I see that the XENHVM driver is thankfully already included in GENERIC. > The man-page also mentions to include: > > options NO_ADAPTIVE_MUTEXES > options NO_ADAPTIVE_RWLOCKS > options NO_ADAPTIVE_SX > > Is this still necessary with 10.1? > > I want to continue using freebsd-update(8) with binary patches provided b= y > the FreeBSD-project - under almost all conditions. > > Will there be any improvements in 10.2 that are worth waiting for? > Or does one need to track current to make the most of FreeBSD under Xen? > > Looking at bugzilla, there is bug: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D197344 > > Does that also apply when a VM doesn=E2=80=99t do routing? > > Short answer, it works, ive launched images based on FreeBSD 10.1, and CURRENT with CloudStack, and OpenStack, using xen 4.4, and XenServer using the stock generic kernel for install... > > > Rainer > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"