bhyveload "vm_create: Device not configured"

[Neel Natu]

Hi Lars,

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Eggert, Lars <lars at netapp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Apr 30, 2013, at 9:38, "Eggert, Lars" <lars at netapp.com> wrote:
> > I'm starting to play around with bhyve, and I'm trying to byhveload a
> disk image that I otherwise use to netboot some headless servers. When I
> tried that, I get:
> >
> > root at five:~ # bhyveload -d /home/elars/dst/rootfs test
> > vm_create: Device not configured
>
> turns out that because I used the loader to kldload vmm.ko, I did not see
> the following error message, which is thrown when loading it when booted:
>
> vmx_init: processor does not support desired primary processor-based
> controls
>
> The CPU in this box reports as:
>
> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5240  @ 3.00GHz (3000.17-MHz K8-class
> CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x1067a  Family = 0x6  Model = 0x17
>  Stepping = 10
>
> Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
>
> Features2=0xc0ce3bd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA,SSE4.1,XSAVE,OSXSAVE>
>   AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
>   AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
>   TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
>
> Shouldn't this be sufficient to support bhyve?
>
>
Unfortunately not - this processor does not support extended page tables.

See http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology

Although this also shows that we need better error reporting ... one more
thing on the todo list.

best
Neel


> Thanks,
> Lars
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