Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:42:46 -0400 From: Michael MacLeod <mikemacleod@gmail.com> To: G VM <drums_gvm@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 Message-ID: <AANLkTilbRV1tXYxBOr9LUgy9ASS5cvQwg5_3FNpJdrAN@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <SNT130-w21B62E6832D0BC46E8E70391A00@phx.gbl> References: <81AF01BF-D5D9-4F61-89FC-E8399A1475CD@nirgal.de> <4C457FD9.4080900@deployis.eu> <3ABD17AA-B2D2-4456-9A83-0AAED0D16DAE@nirgal.de> <SNT130-w513D4DD1AA0109E1D02CE091A00@phx.gbl> <AANLkTilw-mdsD8B8IRZc93PbiXlJEdn9hJZDL3BbOp3M@mail.gmail.com> <32DCF89B-7EE7-4B15-A3DA-334A7AEBC53B@nirgal.de> <SNT130-w21B62E6832D0BC46E8E70391A00@phx.gbl>
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The XENHVM config, if I'm not mistaken, is pretty well only supported when using an amd64 version of FreeBSD. Also, it will require some slight changes to the config file. Specifically, the line "vif = [ 'type=ioemu,bridge=eth0' ]" from the config file I posted earlier would have to be changed to "vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]", because you aren't emulating an re NIC any longer. The XENHVM kernel is an HVM style kernel but it loads paravirtualized NIC drivers (same with the block devices as well). Who is your provider that is using 3.3.1? On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM, G VM <drums_gvm@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Did tried XENHVM already and this did not work for me (do note that I > might have not done this thoroughly). > YMMV ;) > > > Greetings > > > > > > > From: alex@nirgal.de > > To: mikemacleod@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:21:22 +0200 > > > CC: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 > > > > Hi, > > > > Am 20.07.2010 um 13:53 schrieb Michael MacLeod: > > > > > If you're booting the XEN kernel, it's going to need to be running in > > > paravirtualized mode. It lacks drivers for non-XEN devices. Also, I > > > have > > > found the XEN kernel running in paravirtualized mode to be nowhere > > > near > > > stable enough for production use. > > > > Thanks for clarifying this. > > > > So good news is: i don't need to install a XEN-Kernel. Bad news: > > GENERIC won't boot out of the box. > > > > > I have used 8.0 with the GENERIC kernel in > > > several domUs (running on Xen 3.4.2 and 4.0) successfully. > > > > My provider is using XEN 3.3.1 - are there any known problems? > > > > > This config file will work for an 8.0 box: > > <snip> > > > > I have to ask my provider for that. > > > > After a litte digging i also found the configuration for a XENHVM- > > Kernel: > > > > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM > > > > Is this one maybe worth a try? > > > > Regards, > > > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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