AMD processors supported under bhyve

Jung-uk Kim jkim at FreeBSD.org
Wed Sep 30 17:42:09 UTC 2015


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On 09/30/2015 13:32, C. L. Martinez wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Jung-uk Kim <jkim at freebsd.org>
> wrote:
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>> On 09/30/2015 12:54, C. L. Martinez wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:03 AM, C. L. Martinez 
>>> <carlopmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Jason Tubnor
>>>> <jason at tubnor.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 29 September 2015 at 20:07, C. L. Martinez 
>>>>> <carlopmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Maybe a stupid question, but are AMD processors
>>>>>> supported under FreeBSD 10.2-STABLE for bhyve or are they
>>>>>> only supported under 11-CURRENT?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 10.2-RELEASE is the first release to contain AMD support 
>>>>> (10.1-STABLE did have support however).  11-CURRENT
>>>>> obviously supports it and is where you'll find all the
>>>>> latest patches/fixes when reports are made.  I use TrueOS
>>>>> monthly 11-CURRENT snapshots specifically for this reason
>>>>> (and to have binary updates).
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Jason... My idea is to use or FreeBSD or HardenedBSD
>>>> for this host, and if I have problems maybe I will try TrueOS
>>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Uhmm I am installing 10.2-STABLE and I am seeing the following 
>>> error:
>>> 
>>> module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vmm, 0xffffffff81d914b0, 0)
>>> error 6
>>> 
>>> Does this means AMD is not supported yet or what??
>> 
>> We don't support some early generation CPUs.
>> 
>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve
>> 
>> "Barcelona" class and newer AMD processors include the required
>> RVI extension and as with Intel processors, presence of the
>> "POPCNT" (POPulation Count) processor feature in dmesg(8)
>> indicates RVI support. Note some processors such as Kuma core
>> have POPCNT feature but lacks required "NRIPS" (Next RIP Save)
>> feature.
>> 
>> Jung-uk Kim
> 
> 
> Oops .. Thanks Jung-uk. But, is not currently supported for 10.X or
> it will never supported? I am asking about using 11-CURRENT.

I believe it won't be supported any time soon unless someone is
silently working on it. :-(

Jung-uk Kim
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