From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 22:06:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41571065683 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:06:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AA28FC16 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n40so90084gve.39 for ; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:06:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=TE9ll0BSp7PQoGvSla3Vi6/uA8zQjMIONlaUJK9/Mzk=; b=fW8dq+x4pn9Q1ljSJNdBeRxmjeG4DWzd2jAyK3OaMePiwyaEr8EWSa6J9F5MG/xbnjwB8hyiNXnPo5BCiwPo7J/BeOG7Sq8IOaM9ttKgU1O8yk/9W5T071vI1hsxPjCULYNeaTau9MzCaIp2xEh35D1JRYLUXfk2c2ribzc2EqA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FK5dLOAXVgGZ0FtKaBXT38Hp33TsrErFydXcVuxTr0AbJ7Iw1j81G54+o3vq3SkR13AZ/sDZow0wcnRaD/v9s48SSeXCTFQ/rztB+uUAnNna//X8wxbvAqb+ZysBQ+TJp2hZpE+LrYLwHlhueTJiJNIVJabyHEnrJIsofAIbzGg= Received: by 10.114.137.2 with SMTP id k2mr621048wad.104.1204841206662; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:06:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.255.16 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:06:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:06:46 -0800 From: "Kip Macy" To: "Freddie Cash" In-Reply-To: <200802291534.40264.fjwcash@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200802291534.40264.fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 + Xen 3.1 + HVM: Success! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:06:50 -0000 I'd just like to observe that due to bugs in their real-mode emulation (only required on intel) FreeBSD won't run on Xen 3.1 in HVM on Intel processors. This longstanding issue was finally fixed very recently in the 3.2 branch. -Kip On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > Just thought I'd pass along that I have successfully installed FreeBSD 7.0 > into a Xen 3.1 HVM. This one went as smooth as I expected, considering my > experience with 6.3. Haven't done any benchmarking or stress testing or > port installs or anything. But so far it's working nicely. > > Here's all the info. If you'd like to see anything else, let me know. > > > Host hardware: > Tyan h2000M motherboard > 2x AMD Opteron 2200-series CPUs (dual-core) > 8 GB ECC DDR2-800 SDRAM > 3Ware Escalade 9650SX-12ML PCIe RAID controller > 12x 400 GB SATA harddrives in RAID6 with 1 hot spare (4 TB) > > > Host software: > Ubuntu Server 7.10 64-bit version > Linux kernel 2.6.22 > Xen 3.1 > LVM partitions for all the virtual machines > > > Xen config file: > # Enable hardware virtualisation using HVM > kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-ioemu-3.1/boot/hvmloader' > device_model = '/usr/lib/xen-ioemu-3.1/bin/qemu-dm' > builder = 'hvm' > > # VM/domain name > name = 'freebsd70' > > # Memory and CPU settings > vcpus = '1' > memory = '1024' > > # Disk settings > disk = > [ 'phy:/dev/xenvol0/freebsd70,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/home/fcash/freebsd-7.0-i386-cd1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] > boot = 'c' > > # Network settings > hostname = 'fbsdvm2.sd73.bc.ca' > vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr3, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:03' ] > dhcp = '1' > > # Graphics settings > sdl = '0' > vnc = '1' > vncviewer = '1' > > # Other settings > pae = '0' # Whether to enable PAE for 32-bit VMs > acpi = '0' # Whether to enable ACPI for guests > localtime = '1' # Whether system clock is set to local > time or UTC > > # Start/stop settings > on_poweroff = 'destroy' > on_reboot = 'destroy' > on_crash = 'destroy' > > > FreeBSD 7.0 dmesg: > Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 > root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2220 (2793.13-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x40f13 Stepping = 3 > > Features=0x789fbbf > Features2=0x2001 > AMD Features=0x28400800 > AMD Features2=0x19 > real memory = 1073717248 (1023 MB) > avail memory = 1037139968 (989 MB) > MPTable: <_HVMCPU_ XEN > > ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1 > ioapic0: Assuming intbase of 0 > ioapic0 irqs 0-47 on motherboard > kbd1 at kbdmux0 > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 19:59:27) > cpu0 on motherboard > pcib0: pcibus 0 on motherboard > pir0: on motherboard > pci0: on pcib0 > isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port > 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xc000-0xc00f at device 1.1 on pci0 > ata0: on atapci0 > ata0: [ITHREAD] > ata1: on atapci0 > ata1: [ITHREAD] > vgapci0: mem > 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff,0xf2000000-0xf2000fff at device 2.0 on pci0 > pci0: at device 3.0 (no driver attached) > re0: port 0xc200-0xc2ff mem > 0xf4000000-0xf40000ff irq 5 at device 4.0 on pci0 > miibus0: on re0 > rlphy0: PHY 0 on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > re0: Ethernet address: 00:16:3e:00:00:03 > re0: [FILTER] > pmtimer0 on isa0 > orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0 > atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > atkbd0: [ITHREAD] > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: [ITHREAD] > psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 > ppc0: parallel port not found. > sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0: port may not be enabled > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0: port may not be enabled > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 8250 or not responding > sio0: [FILTER] > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2793128576 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > hptrr: no controller detected. > ad0: 102400MB at ata0-master WDMA2 > acd0: CDROM at ata1-master PIO3 > GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_Install. > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > > FreeBSD 7.0 pciconf -vl: > hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x12378086 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82440/1FX 440FX (Natoma) System Controller' > class = bridge > subclass = HOST-PCI > isab0@pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x70008086 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82371SB PIIX3 PCI-to-ISA Bridge (Triton II)' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-ISA > atapci0@pci0:0:1:1: class=0x010180 card=0x00015853 chip=0x70108086 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82371SB PIIX3 IDE Interface (Triton II)' > class = mass storage > subclass = ATA > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x00b81013 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Cirrus Logic' > device = 'CL-GD5446 64-bit VisualMedia Accelerator' > class = display > subclass = VGA > none0@pci0:0:3:0: class=0xff8000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x00015853 > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > re0@pci0:0:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x813910ec rev=0x20 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >