HVM paravirt block/nic drivers

[Ivan Voras]

The given command was slightly wrong; it should have been:

make kernel KERNCONF=XENHVM


2010/1/11 David <admin at dmarkey.com>:
> install -o root -g wheel -m 555   zfs.ko /boot/kernel
> install -o root -g wheel -m 555   zfs.ko.symbols /boot/kernel
> ===> zlib (install)
> install -o root -g wheel -m 555   zlib.ko /boot/kernel
> install -o root -g wheel -m 555   zlib.ko.symbols /boot/kernel
> kldxref /boot/kernel
> make: don't know how to make XENHVM. Stop
> Any Idea?
>
> 2010/1/11 James Smith <James.Smith at m247.com>
>
>>  Compile kernel in the normal way, using the XENHVM config.
>>
>>
>>
>> cd /usr/src
>>
>> make kernel XENHVM
>>
>> edit /etc/rc.conf
>>
>>
>>
>> Change network interface to re0, save and reboot.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> James Smith,
>>
>> *From:* David [mailto:admin at dmarkey.com]
>> *Sent:* 11 January 2010 11:01
>> *To:* James Smith
>> *Cc:* freebsd-xen at freebsd.org
>> *Subject:* Re: HVM paravirt block/nic drivers
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, im using the AMD64 ISO image,
>>
>>
>>
>> So i'll have to recompile the kernel? Are there instructions anywhere?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>> 2010/1/11 James Smith <James.Smith at m247.com>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have you compiled XENHVM kernel?  It makes some improvements to networking.
>>  Ensure you add the correct device to /etc/rc.conf afterwards, I believe it
>> changes to "xn0" when running XENHVM.
>>
>> Regards,
>> James Smith,
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-xen at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-xen at freebsd.org]
>> On Behalf Of David
>> Sent: 10 January 2010 23:43
>> To: freebsd-xen at freebsd.org
>> Subject: HVM paravirt block/nic drivers
>>
>> Hi Guys/Girls,
>>
>>
>> Successfully got a FreeBSD 8 HVM DomU installed. I see its using the
>> emulated block/nic drivers.
>>
>> Is there any work being done on writing paravirt drivers for FreeBSD in
>> HVM?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David
>>
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