From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 26 14:26:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 878AF106564A for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:26:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luke@digital-crocus.com) Received: from mail.digital-crocus.com (node2.digital-crocus.com [91.209.244.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F638FC08 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:26:04 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dkselector; d=hybrid-logic.co.uk; h=Received:Received:Subject:From:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Organization:Date:Message-ID:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Spam-Score:X-Digital-Crocus-Maillimit:X-Authenticated-Sender:X-Complaints:X-Admin:X-Abuse; b=JNkdwrRV7iB9yKuzIiwamFpvOKkNC7HgO1uCJJo/MAylV3Q8dW5rk8CfdUxEkisWm0eV2SMl5Noqdfke+8IlwQvbGVX0EX4ioZ0Of7tnbapFhN/2o3qX7j006EGlF6o1; Received: from luke by mail.digital-crocus.com with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1PLzAf-0006ey-If for freebsd-xen@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:21:05 +0000 Received: from [217.155.111.174] (helo=[192.168.0.106]) by mail.digital-crocus.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1PLzAf-0006ea-17; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:21:05 +0000 From: Luke Marsden To: sbruno@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1290619446.2630.63.camel@home-yahoo> References: <4CED1799.6030608@scsiguy.com> <1290619446.2630.63.camel@home-yahoo> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Hybrid Web Cluster Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:26:01 +0000 Message-ID: <1290781561.30429.289.camel@pow> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Digital-Crocus-Maillimit: done X-Authenticated-Sender: luke X-Complaints: abuse@digital-crocus.com X-Admin: admin@digital-crocus.com X-Abuse: abuse@digital-crocus.com (Please include full headers in abuse reports) Cc: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Xen PV drivers for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: luke@hybrid-logic.co.uk 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: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:26:05 -0000 On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 09:24 -0800, Sean Bruno wrote: > The version in -CURRENT and FreeBSD 8 that Justin is talking about is > very stable. > > I will be updating FreeBSD 7 and 6 today. You will need to update from > source to get this version as it is not on the release ISOs > > We are using it a lot at Yahoo. It is very stable. > Just to add another positive data-point, inspired by this post (thanks Sean!) I've just got 8.1-RELEASE working well on Flexiant, a UK-based Xen HVM cloud infrastructure provider. Here are the incantations I used to get it running stably: http://lukemarsden.net/blog/2010/11/running-freebsd-8-1-as-a-xen-hvm-domu-on-flexiant/ -- Best Regards, Luke Marsden CTO, Hybrid Logic Ltd. Web: http://www.hybrid-cluster.com/ Hybrid Web Cluster - cloud web hosting Mobile: +447791750420