Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 12:20:25 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Curent Centos 7 and bhyve Message-ID: <20180812052025.GB73103@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <201808111634.w7BGY1J3028598@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <20180811162214.GA67623@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <201808111634.w7BGY1J3028598@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > > > > > > Are there issues with Current CEntos and bhyve? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure there are, please look at > > > > > > > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230453 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Booting in UEFI mode works. > > > > > > > > > > > > This means we need an update to /usr/local/share/examples/vm-bhyve/centos7.conf ? > > > > > > It says 'loader="grub"' for the present. > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you have a vm config to boot centos7 in UEFI mode you could share? > > > > > > > > > > I just use /usr/share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh. I don't use any > > > > > third-party utility to manage bhyve VMs. vmrun.sh is pretty > > > > > straight-forward. > > > > > > > > Thanks for replying. However, I highly recommend vm-bhyve, maybe you > > > > should give it a try. You will love the ease of VM creation and > > > > provisioning, network management, ZFS integration (VM snapshots and > > > > cloning), console and datastore management etc. > > > > > > Though it has a lot of features, it also has some short comings, > > > like you can not spec a vm to be wired in memory, which IMHO is > > > the only way to insure consistent VM performance. > > > > Well, we have "bhyve_options" configuration option in the vm config, > > why not put "-S" there, is that what you mean by wiring the vm in > > memory? > > I believe that fails as that only adds the -S to bhyve, and > you must specify it both on bhyveload and bhyve for it to > work. I think it is totally doable becase vm-bhyve is nothing but a suit of scripts. A PR with a feature request would be appropriate. What about VM that don't use bhyveload, but some other kind of loader like grub2-bhyve? > > > > > > Its artificial restriction of 16 character VM names is also > > > a fair bit annoying. > > > > Maybe. > > Maybe? No, factually. I migrated a number of ESXi VM's and > had to patch vm-bhyve to not have this restriction, so it is > annoying. Did you send your patches upstream? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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