From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Tue May 15 07:47:27 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C12AEE6348 for ; Tue, 15 May 2018 07:47:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pratiy0100@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x241.google.com (mail-wm0-x241.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::241]) (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 0557A7FD06 for ; Tue, 15 May 2018 07:47:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pratiy0100@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x241.google.com with SMTP id a67-v6so17540231wmf.3 for ; Tue, 15 May 2018 00:47:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Mp8SMkGK3h1FuwTJdqV3PHxTh4+5GyTqDZKl24Boy1g=; b=tuezu3BRHtW+Or5cSywukje7GPpOmodf3MMOFslwZbY8quMe0erWw+0gLA3TW0DbPR vsgnuTCR9Ot2jHLw3tOPQ6NXM1st2lczkePrj1wxGMzwnPitFWGX7kKpyXPgPdJgHBr0 ktXa3onkxwx1z4RItxbGp/oxPYk8VIRvT+uUaZ4+WuLSdHbtgtpQzVzhBspV7iUurwhG V84O/Qxl+/x4XgaLeu+b/yhLKgb21fnlv8tEkTAJOGKnB+IaLYtJnP16Iz4GTZCdaL2+ /aQBCdp04eU0DyC7Ly0zwA27+An+pv/Ke9ueJSnkqRfZDx5czoybnDNJqc31aj+ok7eC E1zQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Mp8SMkGK3h1FuwTJdqV3PHxTh4+5GyTqDZKl24Boy1g=; b=DgN5fDpC8LUdyavwQisiJbIKuyKniNQleKbgYFpm4lU+pA+yYBhF8Qdxm6VQ+4++lz KZttbroi5aFpfcVkzm5G7l0K1OegK1bFd364FL41FECMCOSQ9KS9+MAhAfuGvoV73Dmk f9wtz07ax8yzo2sp4SpQv3DURbUAnwdJiH/PpIe1HR3pYaIdQyiMEBDg8mohpyv/HLFZ t6JKcOBCz2bXq7KqGf1fctfiJcopjm0pgDFv3VFzQnpfHHDr06q+ckBRJY5QwuvVFitl gxBQ4tkHMFOncucFl8jijrspkFPB8FcIHNUWiwTs6GV72jM0RsU77icA5Bkz+AV1s4h8 yS/Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwdhQv9xsQ2536fUidlKQx8LM6XstT0PbTDkHS6mnDg0ZXT0FiUe wkQI0jA0/q2sb5HvySCiMBeshZV0Zh93XglTzQZlBQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZqBwKDJ13jfKO3GDB5iaFzLd4KPIdQ2iP70d4EaYyewfz+8vKjRpl/baPxaXPC+80yDmksmkVrJ5ElYLkV/YzM= X-Received: by 2002:a50:9953:: with SMTP id l19-v6mr16678169edb.179.1526370446040; Tue, 15 May 2018 00:47:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.170.33 with HTTP; Tue, 15 May 2018 00:46:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20180514170043.z3netvhmdmwnjmq3@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> <20180514175505.ol4opdvdpkghx2zi@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> From: Pratyush Yadav Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 13:16:45 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is it possible to run Xen in a VirtualBox VM? To: Marcin Cieslak Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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: Tue, 15 May 2018 07:47:27 -0000 On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Marcin Cieslak wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2018, Pratyush Yadav wrote: > >> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:25 PM, Roger Pau Monn=C3=A9 wrote: >> > Yes, I think you will need to be able to run Xen + FreeBSD. You can >> > probably manage to complete the first part using Xen + Linux and >> > running FreeBSD as a guest, but you will need Xen + FreeBSD Dom0 for >> > the second part (adding handlers for mapping operations used by the >> > backend). >> >> One more thing, is there any other VM like VirtualBox that can run Xen >> + FreeBSD as Dom0, or do I have to run it on a different computer. > > I have solved this problem for me by renting a physical server at the hos= ting company. > But serious hacking requires having access to the physical console (most > hosting providers provide something like that). > > I don't know how others are working on this? Anyone running Xen on their = laptop for example? I'm trying exactly that. I am running a Linux Dom0 with a FreeBSD DomU on my current laptop. I have an old laptop lying around and I'll try to run a FreeBSD Dom0 on it. --=20 Regards, Pratyush Yadav