Re: Warning: FreeBSD using its (in partition) SWAP space when running under Parallels on aarch64 macOS (M4 MAX)

On Feb 19, 2025, at 07:58, Olivier Certner <olce@freebsd.org> wrote:

>> (The above is copied from another Email that I sent out
>> later yesterday.)
> 
> Oh, I missed it.
> 
>> aarch64 FreeBSD has no clue that it is running in a VM.
> 
> We should probably change that.
> 
> What's the output of:
> kenv | grep -F smbios
> inside the Parallels VM?

I had supplied:

# kenv smbios.system.product
Parallels ARM Virtual Machine

but the more complete information is
(other than a couple of unique identifications):

# kenv | grep -F smbios
you have mail
hint.smbios.0.mem="0x1a3f820000"
smbios.bios.reldate="Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:47:55"
smbios.bios.revision="0.1"
smbios.bios.vendor="Parallels International GmbH."
smbios.bios.version="20.2.1 (55876)"
smbios.chassis.maker="Parallels International GmbH."
smbios.chassis.serial=" "
smbios.chassis.tag=" "
smbios.chassis.type="Unknown"
smbios.chassis.version=" "
smbios.memory.enabled="117440512"
smbios.planar.location="None"
smbios.planar.maker="Parallels ARM Virtual Machine"
smbios.planar.product="Parallels ARM Virtual Platform"
smbios.planar.serial="None"
smbios.planar.tag="None"
smbios.planar.version="0.1"
smbios.socket.enabled="1"
smbios.socket.populated="1"
smbios.system.family="Parallels VM"
smbios.system.maker="Parallels International GmbH."
smbios.system.product="Parallels ARM Virtual Machine"
smbios.system.serial= *** OMITTED ***
smbios.system.sku="Parallels_ARM_VM"
smbios.system.uuid= *** OMITTED ***
smbios.system.version="0.1"
smbios.version="3.0"

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Mark Millard
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