From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 20:04:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFE1773A; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 20:04:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gold.funkthat.com", Issuer "gold.funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C9662756; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 18:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t06IEpRh032132 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id t06IEpUc032131; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:14:51 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Peter Grehan Subject: Re: Boot OpenBSD with bhyve and libvirt automatically. Message-ID: <20150106181450.GP1949@funkthat.com> References: <20141231172913.6d6eb551@franky.ipa.blackhats.net.au> <54A3B0D7.6070600@freebsd.org> <20150102140353.52d54d53@franky.ipa.blackhats.net.au> <54AC1114.4060609@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54AC1114.4060609@freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (gold.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:14:51 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:04:53 -0000 Peter Grehan wrote this message on Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 08:45 -0800: > > Perhaps this is a deficiency that should be addressed in the bootloader > > compontent of libvirt to make this process a bit easier? > > I can't speak too much to libvirt since I didn't do that work, but > grub-bhyve is really a workaround to boot non-FreeBSD o/s's until a > UEFI/BIOS solution is done. If the changes to libvirt to support this > are large, it's most likely not worth it. Hmm... Nathan just did some work to make loader into a userland program for calling Linux's kexec, could this work be leveraged? -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."