Re: Xen status and howto?

I'm actively working on it. I'll let you know in a few weeks.

-Kip


On Dec 16, 2007 4:30 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <bsder_at_allcaps.org> wrote:
> What's the deal with running FreeBSD as a DomU under Xen?
>
> Does it work?  Does it fail?  How does one pull it off?
>
> Where is the source code?  Is there a HowTo that actually works?
>
> I've tried a bunch of different things to install FreeBSD as a DomU with
> a CentOS 5.1 Dom0, but none of them seem to work.
>
> I specifically tried the directions here:
> http://www.yuanjue.net/xen/howto.html
>
> And didn't even get past the domain-builder stage (error attached at
> bottom).
>
> Any help or pointers (web, wiki, irc) would be appreciated.
>
> And, please be a little careful about those pointers.  The documentation
> around Xen on all fronts is absolutely *awful* and is rife with
> outdated, error-prone, unmaintained pages.
>
> Thanks,
> -a
>
>
> ### ----- xc domain builder logfile opened -----
> xc_dom_allocate: cmdline="
> boot_verbose,boot_single,vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0,kern.hz=100",
> features=""
> xc_dom_kernel_file: filename="/var/lib/xen/images/freebsd-XENU_INSTALL"
> xc_dom_malloc_filemap    : 7206 kB
> xc_dom_boot_xen_init: ver 3.1, caps xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p
> hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
> xc_dom_parse_image: called
> xc_dom_find_loader: trying ELF-generic loader ... OK
> elf_parse_binary: phdr: paddr=0xc0000000 memsz=0x250500
> elf_parse_binary: phdr: paddr=0xc0251500 memsz=0x47590c
> elf_parse_binary: memory: 0xc0000000 -> 0xc06c6e0c
> elf_xen_parse: __xen_guest:
> "LOADER=generic,GUEST_OS=freebsd,GUEST_VER=7.0,XEN_VER=xen-3.0,BSD_SYMTAB"
> elf_xen_parse_guest_info: LOADER="generic"
> elf_xen_parse_guest_info: GUEST_OS="freebsd"
> elf_xen_parse_guest_info: GUEST_VER="7.0"
> elf_xen_parse_guest_info: XEN_VER="xen-3.0"
> elf_xen_parse_guest_info: BSD_SYMTAB=""
> elf_xen_addr_calc_check: VIRT_BASE unset, using 0x0
> elf_xen_addr_calc_check: ELF_PADDR_OFFSET unset, using 0x0
> elf_xen_addr_calc_check: addresses:
>      virt_base        = 0x0
>      elf_paddr_offset = 0x0
>      virt_offset      = 0x0
>      virt_kstart      = 0xc0000000
>      virt_kend        = 0xc06c6e0c
>      virt_entry       = 0xc00314c0
> xc_dom_load_elf_symtab/parse: bsd_symtab_start=c06c6e0c,
> kernel.end=0xc06c6e0c -- symtab=0xc06c6e10, maxaddr=0xc06c731c
> xc_dom_load_elf_symtab: h=29 symtab, size=0x39760, maxaddr=0xc0700a7c
> xc_dom_load_elf_symtab: h=30 strtab, size=0x47635, maxaddr=0xc07480b4
> xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: xen-3.0-x86_32: 0xc0000000 -> 0xc07480b4
> xc_dom_mem_init: mem 512 MB, pages 0x20000 pages, 4k each
> xc_dom_mem_init: 0x20000 pages
> xc_dom_boot_mem_init: called
> xc_dom_malloc            : 1024 kB
> xc_dom_build_image: called
> xc_dom_alloc_segment:   kernel       : 0xc0000000 -> 0xc0749000  (pfn
> 0xc0000 + 0x749 pages)
> xc_dom_pfn_to_ptr: pfn out of range (0xc0000 > 0x20000)
> xc_dom_release: called
> xc_dom_allocate: cmdline="
> boot_verbose,boot_single,vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0,kern.hz=100",
> features=""
> xc_dom_kernel_file: filename="/var/lib/xen/images/freebsd-XENU_INSTALL"
> xc_dom_malloc_filemap    : 7206 kB
> xc_dom_boot_xen_init: ver 3.1, caps xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p
> hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
> xc_dom_parse_image: called
> xc_dom_find_loader: trying ELF-generic loader ... OK
> elf_parse_binary: phdr: paddr=0xc0000000 memsz=0x250500
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