AMD processors supported under bhyve

C. L. Martinez carlopmart at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 17:58:50 UTC 2015


On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Jung-uk Kim <jkim at freebsd.org> wrote:
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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

Ok, many thanks to all for your help


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