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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:03:04 -0600
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd arm guest on freebsd amd64 bhyve
Message-ID:  <DD9E1FC3-9CC8-4403-90E4-2C6CF0165C7A@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <20150906165239.GA48652@potato.growveg.org>
References:  <20150906165239.GA48652@potato.growveg.org>

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On Sep 6, 2015, at 10:52 AM, John <freebsd-lists@potato.growveg.org> =
wrote:

> Can a freebsd-arm6 (freebsd11) guest run on a freebsd 10.2 amd64 bhyve =
host?

In a word, no. Bhyve only does native and legacy-free virtualization, =
which means the guest MUST be the same architecture as the host. (You =
can run e.g. a 32-bit i686 guest on a 64-bit amd64 host but that is a =
special case.)

Qemu allows you to run fully emulated guests, so running that instead of =
bhyve on your host is a better bet. Adjust your performance expectations =
accordingly.

JN




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