cannot install FreeBSD 12.0 Xen 4.12.1 on Intel Core i7 CPU 930

[Stefan Parvu]

Thank you for help and tips. I need to find another server, newer and try Xen or bhyve. 

Most likely we will decommission this box or install debian 9 or 10/kvm for it. Lets see.

Stefan

> On 16. Oct 2019, at 19.29, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau at citrix.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 07:10:44PM +0300, Stefan Parvu wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Also, IIRC X58 had some interrupt remapping issues, can you try to
>>>> boot with iommu=no-intremap? (without any other iommu options)
>>> 
>> 
>> here my /boot/loader.conf
>> 
>> root at earth:~ # cat /boot/loader.conf 
>> kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
>> kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
>> zfs_load="YES"
>> if_tap_load="YES"
>> xen_kernel="/boot/xen"
>> xen_cmdline="dom0_mem=8192M dom0_max_vcpus=4 dom0=pvh console=com1,vga com1=115200,8n1 guest_loglvl=all loglvl=all iommu=no-intremap"
>> 
>> 
>> Nope, same problem 
>> 
>> and this is what I get now:
>> http://www.kronometrix.org/bugs/freebsd_xen2.jpg <http://www.kronometrix.org/bugs/freebsd_xen2.jpg>
> 
> Hm, can you remove iommu=no-intremap and try to capture a video of Xen
> booting? I'm hoping I might be able to spot why Xen is refusing to use
> the iommu.
> 
> Roger.