From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 12 16:13:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D6DF106566B for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:13:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: from feld.me (unknown [IPv6:2607:f4e0:100:300::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79F88FC08 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:12:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=feld.me; s=blargle; h=In-Reply-To:Message-Id:From:Mime-Version:Cc:Date:References:Subject:To:Content-Type; bh=AbDjlLc4uM5vDpyRffe1ZiQwazACHouEFE/LYzEwniE=; b=XyEiJ1LnI49RUmhAmuq9m66M6rVVLnDBEo/LPrj2KuwTqognFNwVepEQBx+IncUYG2Rc5k0g06h0xRC4dKWDIrrnd7hFmltdK63bNHQxILbFbK7DU62FIdB2wdy8p4v9; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mwi1.coffeenet.org) by feld.me with esmtp (Exim 4.80 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1T0amb-00069A-3x; Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:12:54 -0500 Received: from feld@feld.me by mwi1.coffeenet.org (Archiveopteryx 3.1.4) with esmtpa id 1344787965-41577-41576/5/60; Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:12:45 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org References: <61BCA99E-2574-4987-ACD9-E84A3AEBD2A3@ramattack.net> <20120810.034203.52110126.moto@kawasaki3.org> <69EAC334-C51A-4F12-98BE-C25674F10A36@ramattack.net> <20120810.103728.219947649.moto@kawasaki3.org> <000001cd7889$05e15ac0$11a41040$@ezwind.net> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:12:41 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 From: Mark Felder Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <000001cd7889$05e15ac0$11a41040$@ezwind.net> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.01 (FreeBSD) X-SA-Report: ALL_TRUSTED=-1, KHOP_THREADED=-0.5 X-SA-Score: -1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Citrix Xenserver and FreeBSD migration/suspend scripts X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:13:00 -0000 On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:50:16 -0500, Jay West wrote: > Questions: > 1) on the stock 64bit 9.0 & 9.1-beta XENHVM kernels, we still had the > boot > problem where after installing the kernel and rebooting, the boot failed > as > being unable to find the boot device. We had to pass a boot string of > ad0p2 > instead of the default ada0p2, and then edit fstab accordingly. I assume > others here had to do that as well? > Yes, but I think that's because with the XENHVM kernel the disks are using a different driver. There's a difference between the ad and ada drivers. > 2) I'm sure this will show a lack of understanding on my part, but I'm > just > curious about the xen-tools port that has been in the ports collection > for a > little while. As per the pdf on the migration/suspend scripts, this > needs to > be installed first. I would think the current port - being called > "xen-tools", would/should include these migration/suspend scripts. It's > not > xen-tools (in Citrix parlance) without that capability. So, is this a > case > of the new scripts just "finish off" the work that went into the current > xen-tools script and the xen-tools port in the ports collection is > functionally incomplete? I guess I'm unclear as to the > history/relationship/status of the xen-tools port and these > migration/suspend scripts. This is likely where it will show up. I've been talking to the ports@ team and it seems to make sense that we include it in that port. > > 3) In some of my googling on 64 bit XENHVM "how-to's", one of them (can't > find it at the moment) mentioned 64 bit Freebsd not working right under > Xen > with regards to SMP, and the how-to offered several patches to disable > SMP > amongst other related items. To run the new migration/suspend scripts, > did > other people here need to use those patches? > I have a feeling this is an old/resolved issue as I've not seen it yet.