Hello everyone,
I noticed some unexpected behaviour today while setting up an OpenBSD
domU (HVM, of course).
Usually I just emulate a e1000, because the default gives me constant
watchdog timeouts (this seems to be well known).
The new thing though is that:
- with e1000, install will hang when entering networking parameters.
- if done manually when the system is running, the VM will hang when
upping the interface.
- setting an IP while the system is running results in the same
behaviour as inputting it during install (ifconfig will hang)
- with other drivers (that the fxp driver on obsd recognizes), upping
the interface immediately reboots the VM.
The one thing differing here (besides hardware) is the Xen version: I
usually run 3.3.2 (the dom0 is NetBSD -current), and this is 4.1.
I have some VMs running OpenBSD on Xen 3.3.2: this issue isn''t present
(therefore I''m assuming it''s somehow related to Xen 4.1,
altough not
100% sure!).
Using xm, not xl - though it shouldn''t matter?
If anyone is interested in troubleshooting/confirming this (install a
obsd hvm domU, try to configure the network on install - config provided
in the end of the email -- you''ll need install49.iso from a OpenBSD
mirror/ftp site: for 4.9/amd64, it''s
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.9/amd64/install49.iso)
Since this is an ongoing project and I need the VM setup, I only have so
much time to try to get to the bottom of this. Will have to revert to
3.3.2 in a day or two otherwise.
For any reply: please CC me, as I''m not subscribed to this list.
Best regards,
Hugo
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obsd domU sample configuration
kernel = "/usr/pkg/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory=64
shadow_memory=1
name="omerta:ipsec-gw"
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=bridge0, model=e1000'',
''type=ioemu,
bridge=bridge1, model=e1000'' ]
disk = [
''phy:/dev/mapper/rcryptovg0-ipsecgw,ioemu:hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/mapper/rvg0-ipsecgw_swap0,ioemu:hdb,w'',
''file:/home/saro/iso/install49.iso,hdc:cdrom,r''
]
boot="d"
vnc = 1
sdl = 0
vncconsole=0
vncdisplay=0
cpus="0"
vcpus=1
keymap="pt"
acpi=0
apic=0
device_model=''/usr/pkg/libexec/qemu-dm''
stdvga=0
serial=''pty''
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