From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 16:06:10 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 0FF631065678 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=0817741271=alex@box.nirgal.de) Received: from box.nirgal.de (box.nirgal.de [78.46.192.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE138FC17 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dslb-088-073-178-178.pools.arcor-ip.net ([88.73.178.178] helo=Defiant.local) by box.nirgal.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1ObFJy-000IxD-Sq; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:05:53 +0200 Message-Id: From: Alexander Johannes To: Michael MacLeod In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:05:24 +0200 References: <81AF01BF-D5D9-4F61-89FC-E8399A1475CD@nirgal.de> <4C457FD9.4080900@deployis.eu> <3ABD17AA-B2D2-4456-9A83-0AAED0D16DAE@nirgal.de> <32DCF89B-7EE7-4B15-A3DA-334A7AEBC53B@nirgal.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Sender: alex@box.nirgal.de X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.2, host=box.nirgal.de, timestamp=1279641934.59, hash=fc7d499cfdc8d296481e7b97ff2db934414d6f83d98a773b75b1ffc20987c183 Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 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: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:10 -0000 Hi, Am 20.07.2010 um 17:42 schrieb Michael MacLeod: > 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). Thanks for the additional information. I have requested the current configuration of my DomU from my provider. > Who is your provider that is using 3.3.1? A small company in southern germany. They are providing me a custom solution, since no one seems to be able to provide a virtual FreeBSD of the shelf in germany. The bright side: the service is top notch. Please write me off-list, if you need a contact. Regards, Alex