FreeBSD 7.0 + Xen 3.1 + HVM: Success!
Kip Macy
kip.macy at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 22:06:50 UTC 2008
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 <fjwcash at gmail.com> 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 at 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<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
> Features2=0x2001<SSE3,CX16>
> AMD Features=0x28400800<SYSCALL,MMX+,RDTSCP,LM>
> AMD Features2=0x19<LAHF,ExtAPIC,CR8>
> 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 <Version 1.1> 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: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pir0: <PCI Interrupt Routing Table: 6 Entries> on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <Intel PIIX3 WDMA2 controller> port
> 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xc000-0xc00f at device 1.1 on pci0
> ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
> ata0: [ITHREAD]
> ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
> ata1: [ITHREAD]
> vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem
> 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff,0xf2000000-0xf2000fff at device 2.0 on pci0
> pci0: <unknown> at device 3.0 (no driver attached)
> re0: <RealTek 8139C+ 10/100BaseTX> port 0xc200-0xc2ff mem
> 0xf4000000-0xf40000ff irq 5 at device 4.0 on pci0
> miibus0: <MII bus> on re0
> rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> 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: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
> ppc0: parallel port not found.
> sc0: <System console> 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: <Generic ISA VGA> 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 <QEMU HARDDISK 0.8.2> at ata0-master WDMA2
> acd0: CDROM <QEMU CD-ROM/0.8.2> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at pci0:0:3:0: class=0xff8000 card=0x00015853 chip=0x00015853
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> re0 at 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 at gmail.com
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