From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Christoph Egger" Subject: Re: Loading FreeBSD in an HVM-domain on Intel-based host with GRUB Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:41:18 +0100 Message-ID: <200802070941.18481.Christoph.Egger@amd.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Cc: Igor Chubin List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org =46reeBSD/i386 and FreeBSD/amd64 boot fine if you do NOT load the acpi driv= er. Christoph On Thursday 07 February 2008 09:34:40 Keir Fraser wrote: > Actually I thought the FreeBSD issues were to do with vmxassist (which I > finally removed from xen-unstable yesterday) but I see there are problem > reports with amd64 as well. Still, it would be good if you could try > booting FreeBSD with latest xen-unstable, else point me at a suitable > FreeBSD ISO to download which exhibits this issue? > > -- Keir > > On 7/2/08 08:26, "Igor Chubin" wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > please tell me, > > > > > > is it possible (at least theoretically) > > to circumvent bug 622 [1] by using > > GRUB instead of /boot/loader to load FreeBSD kernel? > > > > Or it is silly idea: even if we bypass /boot/loader we will > > not be able to run FreeBSD kernel in a HVM-domain on a > > Intel-based host for some other reason? > > > > > > As far as I know, GRUB can't load FreeBSD kernel > > directly, but only can make chainloading using /boot/loader. > > Certainly, it is not the solution, but there were patches > > to GRUB that allow to boot FreeBSD directly [2]. > > > > I want to try to use it and eliminate /boot/loader > > from boot process at all. > > > > > > What can you say about this idea? > > > > > > > > [1] http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D622 > > [2] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?10728 > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel =2D-=20 AMD Saxony, Dresden, Germany Operating System Research Center Legal Information: AMD Saxony Limited Liability Company & Co. KG Sitz (Gesch=E4ftsanschrift): Wilschdorfer Landstr. 101, 01109 Dresden, Deutschland Registergericht Dresden: HRA 4896 vertretungsberechtigter Komplement=E4r: AMD Saxony LLC (Sitz Wilmington, Delaware, USA) Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer der AMD Saxony LLC: Dr. Hans-R. Deppe, Thomas McCoy