Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:19:20 -0400 From: Eric Shelton <knockknock@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: configuration for FreeBSD as domU "storage domain"? Message-ID: <-3378255293464856149@unknownmsgid> In-Reply-To: <CAPQw5rn1RgWzv%2B%2BZxQb2=trp4-U-404--PTWjTkPYgnhe7rxrw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPQw5rn1RgWzv%2B%2BZxQb2=trp4-U-404--PTWjTkPYgnhe7rxrw@mail.gmail.com>
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Of course, it is blkback, not blkfront, that I would want to use to serve up block devices... On Apr 1, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Eric Shelton <eshelton@pobox.com> wrote: > Dear List, > > Although I understand it is possible, I have not found any clear > examples of xl configs and how to configure FreeBSD to serve up a > block device from a FreeBSD domU via blkfront. > > For example, given the following set of domains: > 1: Linux dom0 > 2: FreeBSD HVM domU (serving up a zvol via blkfront, PCI passthrough > of underlying storage devices) > 3: Windows 7 HVM domU (using the zvol as its root fs) > > What needs to be done within FreeBSD to expose the zvol via blkfront? > > What does the "disks" portion of the xl config file look like for > starting up the FreeBSD domain? (What is the format like when a domU > is serving up a block device?) > > What does the "disks" portion of the xl config file look like for > starting up the Windows 7 domain? (What is the format like when you > wish to attach to block device served up by a domU, not dom0?). > > Thank you for your help, > Eric
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