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Date:      Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:48:17 +0100
From:      Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
To:        Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
Cc:        "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NVMe and Bhyve
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> Am 15.02.2019 um 05:41 schrieb Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>:
>=20
> Jason Tubnor wrote:
>>=20
>>> If you have Nvme devices or you want store disks in ram yes, =
otherwise no.
>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> Is it worth it? I mean upgrading from 11.2-RELEASE to 12.0-RELEASE =
for
>>>> the sake of nvme, is it useful for running FreeBSD, Linux (Mint,
>>>> Centos) and Windows10 guests?
>>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Or if you are using good SLOG and ARC for your VM zvols.
>>=20
>> I'm still sorting out some Windows issues with the bhyve nvme =
presentation
>> for a variety of guest (except freebsd, that works fine) at the =
moment.  I
>> would avoid 12.0-RELEASE as it may introduce other issues with your
>=20
> I was just worried that using ahci-hd instead of paravirtualized disks
> causes suboptimal performance of guests. Do you think there is a hope =
to get
> paravirtualized disks support for Windows guests in bhyve?

I was under the impression that the Windows VirtIO disk driver works =
with the Bhyve virtio-blk device. You need to provide these drivers to =
Windows somehow (for example, as a second CD image during installation): =
https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers


Stefan

--=20
Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>   Fon +49 151 14070811




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