> Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Are there issues with Current CEntos and bhyve? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure there are, please look at > > > > > > > > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230453 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Booting in UEFI mode works. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This means we need an update to > > > > > > > /usr/local/share/examples/vm-bhyve/centos7.conf ? > > > > > > > It says 'loader="grub"' for the present. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you have a vm config to boot centos7 in UEFI mode you could > > > > > > > share? > > > > > > > > > > > > I just use /usr/share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh. I don't use any > > > > > > third-party utility to manage bhyve VMs. vmrun.sh is pretty > > > > > > straight-forward. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for replying. However, I highly recommend vm-bhyve, maybe you > > > > > should give it a try. You will love the ease of VM creation and > > > > > provisioning, network management, ZFS integration (VM snapshots and > > > > > cloning), console and datastore management etc. > > > > > > > > Though it has a lot of features, it also has some short comings, > > > > like you can not spec a vm to be wired in memory, which IMHO is > > > > the only way to insure consistent VM performance. > > > > > > Well, we have "bhyve_options" configuration option in the vm config, > > > why not put "-S" there, is that what you mean by wiring the vm in > > > memory? > > > > I believe that fails as that only adds the -S to bhyve, and > > you must specify it both on bhyveload and bhyve for it to > > work. > > I think it is totally doable becase vm-bhyve is nothing but a suit of > scripts. A PR with a feature request would be appropriate.
I made several attempts to contact the author at the email address provided at the git hub while making other bhyve changes to try and coordinate with him. I got no response after 3 attempts, so have stopped trying to contact them. (This was while I was adding the -c cpu topology modifications.) > > What about VM that don't use bhyveload, but some other kind of loader > like grub2-bhyve? I am not sure how vm-bhyve deals with that as I have none of those type VM's. > > > > > > > > > Its artificial restriction of 16 character VM names is also > > > > a fair bit annoying. > > > > > > Maybe. > > > > Maybe? No, factually. I migrated a number of ESXi VM's and > > had to patch vm-bhyve to not have this restriction, so it is > > annoying. > > Did you send your patches upstream? Could not even get an email ack from upstream. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
