Re: Fwd: bhyve passthru problem

From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:56:43 UTC
I've realized that using the latest version is not a guarantee of
functionality.

On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 12:41 PM Oleksandr Kryvulia <shuriku@shurik.kiev.ua>
wrote:

> 16.06.24 12:55, Mario Marietto:
>
> I've zipped and uploaded my boot directory to my google drive
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MIw0G4LqducG86rtwSm9GjEWFyuCA-Vx/view?usp=sharing
>
> Try to exchange your boot files with those files. Anyway I'm using the
> kernel of FreeBSD 14.0--RELEASE p6 for my cpu *Intel*® *Core*™ *i9*-*9900K +
> GPU = Nvidia RTX 2080 ti. You can try the default kernel shipped with
> FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE p6 to make it easier. *
>
> This explains all. I am using latest current ))
>
>
> 15.06.24 13:47, Mario Marietto:
>
> Ciao Oleksandr.
>
> I can't produce patches,I'm not a programmer. But I conduct experiments
> every day,changing parameters,system files between different FreeBSD
> versions,operating systems and tools.
>
> Can't you use virtio-net instead of passing through the physical network
> interface,like this for example : -s 13,virtio-net,tap18 \ in your bhyve
> guest ?
>
> You can try these bhyve versions : (try both)
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14OMOjdyS5NPQ75ISatcpCWegU0udzG0r?usp=sharing
>
> Unfortunately both of your vmm.ko modules fail to load on my system:
>
> KLD vmm.ko: depends on kernel - not available or version mismatch
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 9:17 AM Oleksandr Kryvulia <shuriku@shurik.kiev.ua>
> wrote:
>
>> 14.06.24 10:50, Peter Grehan:
>> >> I don't know why bhyve validates the BAR size. The commit adding this
>> >> check is old [1] and doesn't explain it. What bhyve could do is
>> >> rounding up the BAR size to a full page size when allocating memory for
>> >> the BAR.
>> >>
>> >> [1] https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-
>> >> src/commit/7a902ec0eccc752c9c38533ed123121eaaea1225
>> >
>> >  At the time, BIOSs would often place device BARs of less than a page
>> > size in the same physical page. Since EPT only gives page granularity,
>> > this would result in all those devices being available to the guest
>> > even if they hadn't been passed through.
>> >
>> Peter, can you explain how can I use this device in a guest without
>> passing through?
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mario.
>
>
>
>

-- 
Mario.