From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 19:22:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFE3D16A416 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:22:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: from mail.outstep.com (D2095.servadmin.com [12.158.188.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AA3743CA7 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:22:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: (qmail 22667 invoked by uid 511); 18 Dec 2006 12:56:40 -0600 Received: from 68.32.113.56 by mail.outstep.com (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/2106. spamassassin: 3.1.3. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(68.32.113.56):SA:0(1.5/5.0):. Processed in 5.400132 secs); 18 Dec 2006 18:56:40 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: + X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: lonnie@outstep.com via mail.outstep.com X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(68.32.113.56):SA:0(1.5/5.0):. Processed in 5.400132 secs Process 22658) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.11?) (lonnie@outstep.com@68.32.113.56) by mail.outstep.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2006 12:56:34 -0600 Message-ID: <4586E42B.9080907@outstep.com> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:55:39 -0500 From: Lonnie Cumberland User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <4586ADC2.9030807@networktest.com> <720051dc0612180832y28d3d545qa6bebdb7feea990f@mail.gmail.com> <4586CDF3.6050709@networktest.com> <20061218123301.c5e0040c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <4586DB96.5020801@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4586DB96.5020801@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:22:51 -0000 Hello, Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you could also try BOCHS. It's a little slower, but runs on many platforms. Cheers, Lonnie Garrett Cooper wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Bill Moran wrote: > > >>In response to David Newman : >> >> >>>My question is whether FreeBSD is a suitable _host_ OS for any virtual >>>machine environment, preferably with support for SMP, amd64, and guest >>>OS speed at or close to native hardware speeds. >>> >>> >>*) jails provide virtual hosting at native speed, but _only_ for FreeBSD >> guests. i.e., you can't run Linux in a FreeBSD jail >>*) qemu works well on FreeBSD in my experience, but there is a considerable >> performance hit. >>*) Xen should give you what you want, but I've no information on the >> status of Xen on FreeBSD at this time. >> >>HTH >> >> > >Try qemu. Some people on this list (or maybe other FreeBSD lists--can't >remember :P), have reported success in using qemu as the host VM. > >Xen is a royal pain, even though it is fast. I tried setting it up once >under Gentoo and it was trying to load a lot of services at boottime, >pulled in custom (Xen) kernel patched sources, etc. Needless to say, the >Xen patched kernel sources was the show stopper, because one never knows >what in the world the patches may do if installed with other patches. >Moreover, the Xen patches may wreak havoc with userland programs (like >Linux does on occasion), etc. > >Just my .02.. qemu has a kernel module, but if you don't feel like >tainting the kernel with an alpha feature, their userland(-only) program >is fairly stable from what I have read. > >- -Garrett >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFFhtuWEnKyINQw/HARAiU+AJ90UsopFNrxLn4/tEPObrgC8X/FRACfaJO1 >D7jmswA5nlJ+zks2WTLJMR0= >=U6GQ >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Thanks and have a good day, Lonnie T. Cumberland OutStep Technologies Incorporated Email: Lonnie@outstep.com Lonnie_Cumberland@yahoo.com "Open Source...... opening the doors for the future in the world of today...."