[Bug 188261] [xen] FreeBSD DomU PVHVM guests cannot 'route' traffic for other Xen PV guests on same Dom0 Host.

Michael MacLeod mikemacleod at gmail.com
Wed Feb 18 19:50:12 UTC 2015


I've been using the OSS Xen releases for years, and have never been able to
get PVM domU to be functional as a gateway - I've either had to use HVM or
setup a separate box as the router. This has been the case since at least
FBSD8 I think, or whenever XENHVM became an option.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Miguel Clara <miguelmclara at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Marko Lerota <mlerota at pdsvelebit.hr>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 02/18/15 14:51, bugzilla-noreply at freebsd.org wrote:
> >
> >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188261
> >>
> >> --- Comment #3 from kpielorz at tdx.co.uk ---
> >> I just re-tested this with:
> >>
> >>   - XenServer 6.5
> >>   - FreeBSD 10.1 amd64
> >>
> >> Installing FreeBSD in PVHVM mode (i.e. with 'xn0' NIC etc.) - and the
> >> problem
> >> still exists (incase anyone else runs into it) - there's been a least a
> >> couple
> >> of other people run into this issue setting up VM's for routing etc.
> >>
> >
> > And there is a problem with disk speed also. Xenserver is no FreeBSD
> > friendly.
> >
> >
> I don't even have network with FreeBSD on and XenSource NetBSD host... I
> think the main issue is really the xennet(back/front) code in 10, since I
> have no issue in 9.
>
> See: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188369
>
> Would be awesome if someone with good xennet(back/front) knowledge could
> look into it, and maybe the same for the disk part.
>
> Under a linux dom0 network works and tbh I havent tested later but disk
> performance still could use some improvements.
>
>
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