Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:55:39 -0500 From: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS? Message-ID: <4586E42B.9080907@outstep.com> In-Reply-To: <4586DB96.5020801@u.washington.edu> References: <4586ADC2.9030807@networktest.com> <720051dc0612180832y28d3d545qa6bebdb7feea990f@mail.gmail.com> <4586CDF3.6050709@networktest.com> <20061218123301.c5e0040c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <4586DB96.5020801@u.washington.edu>
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Hello, Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you could also try BOCHS. It's a little slower, but runs on many platforms. Cheers, Lonnie Garrett Cooper wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Bill Moran wrote: > > >>In response to David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com>: >> >> >>>My question is whether FreeBSD is a suitable _host_ OS for any virtual >>>machine environment, preferably with support for SMP, amd64, and guest >>>OS speed at or close to native hardware speeds. >>> >>> >>*) jails provide virtual hosting at native speed, but _only_ for FreeBSD >> guests. i.e., you can't run Linux in a FreeBSD jail >>*) qemu works well on FreeBSD in my experience, but there is a considerable >> performance hit. >>*) Xen should give you what you want, but I've no information on the >> status of Xen on FreeBSD at this time. >> >>HTH >> >> > >Try qemu. Some people on this list (or maybe other FreeBSD lists--can't >remember :P), have reported success in using qemu as the host VM. > >Xen is a royal pain, even though it is fast. I tried setting it up once >under Gentoo and it was trying to load a lot of services at boottime, >pulled in custom (Xen) kernel patched sources, etc. Needless to say, the >Xen patched kernel sources was the show stopper, because one never knows >what in the world the patches may do if installed with other patches. >Moreover, the Xen patches may wreak havoc with userland programs (like >Linux does on occasion), etc. > >Just my .02.. qemu has a kernel module, but if you don't feel like >tainting the kernel with an alpha feature, their userland(-only) program >is fairly stable from what I have read. > >- -Garrett >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFFhtuWEnKyINQw/HARAiU+AJ90UsopFNrxLn4/tEPObrgC8X/FRACfaJO1 >D7jmswA5nlJ+zks2WTLJMR0= >=U6GQ >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Thanks and have a good day, Lonnie T. Cumberland OutStep Technologies Incorporated Email: Lonnie@outstep.com Lonnie_Cumberland@yahoo.com "Open Source...... opening the doors for the future in the world of today...."
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