Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:45:55 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Chris Knight <stryqx@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Hyper-V Integration Components Patch for FreeBSD 8.2, 8.3, 9.0 and 9.1-BETA1 Message-ID: <201208131345.55377.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAHgj5TQKuOcSAYwHg4CcZDfj6tvFWG=8qpydZhMW6Z5FMUaR%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHgj5TQKuOcSAYwHg4CcZDfj6tvFWG=8qpydZhMW6Z5FMUaR%2Bw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday, August 13, 2012 6:42:55 am Chris Knight wrote: > Hello, > > I've created some patchsets based on the beta release of the Hyper-V > integration components for FreeBSD. > > The patchsets are for 8.2, 8.3, 9.0 and 9.1-BETA1 and can be found here: > http://blog.chrisara.com.au/2012/08/hyper-v-integration-components- for_13.html > > Although the Hyper-V kernel modules compile, they'll cause a kernel > panic if loaded, but I got them built cleanly to allow for easy kernel > swapping using nextboot. > Using GEOM labels makes it easy to swap between a Hyper-V enabled > kernel and a non-Hyper-V enabled kernel. > > It's also worth noting that the Hyper-V network driver is flaky - UDP > works fairly well, but TCP is very flaky. Haven't yet got to the root > cause of this. > > The storage performance increase is very nice, as is the heartbeat and > shutdown capabilities. I've yet to check if KVP functionality is > included. Can you post these to virtualization@ as well? -- John Baldwin
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