OpenBSD 4.6 i386 seems quite happy in VirtualBox 3.0.10 r54097 (Fedora 11 i686 as a host).
No funnies at all, just boot the cd46.iso image and ftp install and no issues whatsoever (SMP and non-SMP VMs). 2009/11/1 TomC!E! BodE>C!r <tomas.bod...@gmail.com>: > After reading this > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpbios&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpa > th=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html > I must say that for me it means that if you have crappy HW (in this > case KVM) then you can encounter problems. > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Chris Dukes <pak...@pr.neotoma.org> wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 05:50:57PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: >>> > OpenBSD 4.5+ works if "mpbios" is disabled, more info here: >>> > > http://scie.nti.st/2009/10/4/running-openbsd-4-5-in-kvm-on-ubuntu-linux-9-04 >>> >>> OpenBSD 4.5 works on 99.9% of PCs out there with mpbios enabled, >>> so KVM must have a really stupid bug. >> >> >> >> Something about the mpbios implementation on OpenBSD does not seem >> right as disabling with 'bsd -c' does not have the same result as >> building a kernel with mpbios0 disabled in the config. B That and >> your 99.9% comment lead me to believe there is a bug in OpenBSD. >> Given >> 1) Per mpbios.c ACPI and a useable MPBIOS appear to be mutually exclusive >> 2) New PCs are shipping with ACPI instead of APM >> 3) GENERIC with mpbios enabled breaks on 0.1% of PCs. >> I'm at a bit of a loss as to why mpbios is still enabled in GENERIC. >> >> >> My memory of the brief discussion on the KVM mailing list was that >> KVM/QEMU emulation of one of the instructions executed by going through >> the mpbios code was mishandled. B If you'd like me to find the relevant >> thread and forward it on to the mpbios maintainer, I'll gladly do so. >> >> Now to pragmatic considerations. >> I understand and appreciate your mistrust of running OpenBSD under >> a virtual machine emulator. >> But there are folks like me that find it useful to be able to >> hold a dog and pony show for a network and cluster design on a >> laptop rather than an anvil case of laptops, switches, and routers. >> >> >> -- >> Chris Dukes > > -- "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.
