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Date:      Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:51:19 +0200
From:      Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bhyve server 2016 lockup
Message-ID:  <1530874279.512578.1431934576.27AF56F1@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <1595599bd62b43b2842b9a652c6d1773@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com>
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, at 10:22, Matt Churchyard wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I have a server 2016 virtual machine which I only created for testing=20
> and don't use much. Booting it up recently I've found that it locks up=20
> consistently within a few minutes of booting. What can I do to try and=20
> figure out what's causing the problem?
>=20
> Host was recently updated to 11.2
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD dev.--- 11.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE #0 r335510: Fri Jun 22=
=20
> 04:32:14 UTC 2018     root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/
> GENERIC  amd64
>=20
> Bhyve command is as follows
> # bhyve -c 2 -m 2G -Huwl bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/
> BHYVE_UEFI.fd
>   -U 841e8764-75f4-11e8-b2e3-50e549369bc6 -l com1,stdio
>   -s 0,hostbridge -s 31,lpc -s 3:0,ahci-cd,/vm/.config/null.iso -s=20
> 4:0,ahci-hd,/vm/w2016/disk0.img -s 5:0,e1000,tap1,mac=3D58:9c:fc:08:8e:70
>   -s 6:0,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:5900 -s 7:0,xhci,tablet w2016

Hi Matt,

try using virtio for nic & storage to start with. I've used specifically th=
ese drivers https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-download=
s/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.96/virtio-win-0.1.96.iso and had trouble wi=
th both later and earlier drivers, YMMV, and I sadly forget where I got thi=
s advice.

Also, it=E2=80=99s possible to install virtio drivers directly from the CD =
without pointy-clicky stupidness. Just add the CD to your bhyve command, in=
 a later "PCI slot" than the existing =E2=80=9Chard disk=E2=80=9D, as the l=
owest numbered slot is what=E2=80=99s used to boot from AFAICT.=20

- open an elevated command prompt
- run for /d %i in (d:\*) do @pnputil -a %i\w7\amd64\*.inf (you may need a =
different driver than w7 here)
- some of those will fail but just carry on
- reboot FTW

more notes here on my bhyve setup https://hackmd.io/s/rJvJuE-CW#

A+
Dave



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