Re: pinning cores

From: Jason Tubnor <jason_at_tubnor.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:18:43 UTC
On 23/11/25 22:15, void wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone using bhyve, pin cores?
> On a bhyve server with SHT *disabled* (dual Xeon,
> 10 non-HT cores on each) I'd like to pin
> 1 core from each cpu per vm for 4 VMs.
>
> What's the syntax using vmrun.sh? Or is it best
> to directly use bhybe like bhyve -c 2 -m 16G -w -H etc etc

Say if you want to pin virtual core 0 to physical core 3 and virtual 
core 1 to physical core 5 (2vCPU guest), you would add the following option:

-p 0:3 -p 1:5

If you use vm-bhyve, you'd add the below to the guest's .conf file:

bhyve_options="-p 0:3 -p 1:5"

Cheers,

Jason