Re: [Xen-users] OpenBSD as XEN domU on Linux dom0 without HVM

["Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 2010/04/19 at 20:36, Efimov Ivan <mutespirit.mailing.lists@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:

> On 20.04.2010 4:01, Fabiano Francesconi wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 01:47:14PM -0600, Nick Couchman wrote:
>>    
>>> I do not see any indication that OpenBSD has a Xen-aware kernel available.  
> It looks like running OpenBSD on Xen requires HVM.
>>>
>>> -Nick
>>>
>>>      
>>>>>> On 2010/04/19 at 10:18, Fabiano 
>>>>>> Francesconi<fabiano.francesconi@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>            
>>> wrote:
>>>      
>>>> I think the title says it all.
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering about installing OpenBSD as DomU onto my XEN-3 dom0 that's
>>>> running Gentoo/Linux (x86).
>>>>
>>>> My CPU doesn't support any VT so it should run only para-virtualizing
>>>> the devices.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone any experience with that? Is it possible?
>>>> How are the performances?
>>>>
>>>> I read about poor performance (but the thread was dated 2008 so I guess
>>>> something has changed so far).
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>        
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> What about the other *BSD?
>>
>> I guess there's no way to boot a BSD kernel without HVM, then :(
>>    
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html
> FreeBSD 8 has Xen Dom-U support. But i had no already try that support, 
> but saw how-tos about setting of such VMs

Yes, at least FreeBSD supports PV domU functionality.  NetBSD also supports it:

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto.html#netbsd-domU

And here's the FreeBSD Xen wiki:

http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/Xen

-Nick



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