Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:25:01 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> Cc: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtio for 9.1-R Message-ID: <6546B04E-4B9A-4862-9145-7681574D1EF3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <50B52743.2070407@rewt.org.uk> References: <50B5029D.90908@rewt.org.uk> <CAE-mSOJjJfAZEb%2B2R9mhjXdP3VT0Txek=-NukHR%2B6=bpwPEtYg@mail.gmail.com> <50B52743.2070407@rewt.org.uk>
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On Nov 27, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> wrote: > On 27/11/2012 19:25, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: >> On 27 November 2012 22:12, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> wrote: >>> Hi guys, >>>=20 >>> I can't see virtio in releng/9.1, is there any particular reason why = it >>> isn't going to be included given that it works reasonable well (and = is >>> optional anyway, so not likely to be detrimental)? >>=20 >> virtio appeared in stable/9 a bit after 9.1 cut off, >> and it is too late now regardless of virtio shape. >> Anyway you can installed it from ports. >>=20 > Ah I see, doesn't really help all the people who can't install it in = KVM and such though unfortunately, seems silly making them wait even > longer and having to use Linux :) FWIW, I installed FreeBSD 9-STABLE (pre-virtio in src) in KVM, initially = using the emulated devices and then, post-install, installed the = emulators/virtio-kmod port and switched over to vtbd/vtnet devices = without problem. When virtio appeared in src, I ditched the virtio-kmod = port, again, without issues. I found making the transition to virtio devices no harder than the ad -> = ada device transition. Cheers, Paul.
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