[BACK]Return to howto.mdwn CVS log [TXT] [DIR] Up to [NetBSD Developer Wiki] / wikisrc / ports / xen

Diff for /wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn between versions 1.149 and 1.150

version 1.149, 2018/07/26 11:00:10 version 1.150, 2018/07/26 11:08:33
Line 19  Xen supports different styles of guest: Line 19  Xen supports different styles of guest:
   
 [[!table data="""  [[!table data="""
 Style of guest  |Supported by NetBSD  Style of guest  |Supported by NetBSD
 PV              |Yes  PV              |Yes (dom0, domU)
 HVM             |Yes  HVM             |Yes (domU)
 PVHVM           |No  PVHVM           |No
 PVH             |No  PVH             |No
 """]]  """]]
Line 35  There are further features for IOMMU vir Line 35  There are further features for IOMMU vir
 AMD's AMD-Vi.  TODO: Explain whether Xen on NetBSD makes use of these  AMD's AMD-Vi.  TODO: Explain whether Xen on NetBSD makes use of these
 features.  TODO: Review by someone who really understands this.  features.  TODO: Review by someone who really understands this.
   
 Generally any machine that runs NetBSD/amd64 will work with Xen and PV  
 guests.  In theory i386 computers (without x86_64/amd64 support) can  
 be used for Xen <= 4.2, but we have no recent reports of this working  
 (this is a hint).  For HVM guests, hardware support is needed, but it  
 is common on recent machines.  
   
 At boot, the dom0 kernel is loaded as a module with Xen as the kernel.  At boot, the dom0 kernel is loaded as a module with Xen as the kernel.
 The dom0 can start one or more domUs.  (Booting is explained in detail  The dom0 can start one or more domUs.  (Booting is explained in detail
 in the dom0 section.)  in the dom0 section.)
   
 NetBSD supports Xen in that it can serve as dom0, be used as a domU,  
 and that Xen kernels and tools are available in pkgsrc.  This HOWTO  
 attempts to address both the case of running a NetBSD dom0 on hardware  
 and running domUs under it (NetBSD and other), and also running NetBSD  
 as a domU in a VPS.  
   
 Xen 3.1 in pkgsrc used to support "PCI passthrough", which means that  
 specific PCI devices can be made available to a specific domU instead  
 of the dom0.  This can be useful to let a domU run X11, or access some  
 network interface or other peripheral.  
   
 NetBSD 6 and earlier supported Xen 2; support was removed from NetBSD  
 7.  Xen 2 has been removed from pkgsrc.  
   
 Prerequisites  
 -------------  
   
 Installing NetBSD/Xen is not extremely difficult, but it is more  
 complex than a normal installation of NetBSD.  
 In general, this HOWTO is occasionally overly restrictive about how  
 things must be done, guiding the reader to stay on the established  
 path when there are no known good reasons to stray.  
   
 This HOWTO presumes a basic familiarity with the Xen system  This HOWTO presumes a basic familiarity with the Xen system
 architecture, with installing NetBSD on i386/amd64 hardware, and with  architecture, with installing NetBSD on i386/amd64 hardware, and with
 installing software from pkgsrc.  See also the [Xen  installing software from pkgsrc.  See also the [Xen
 website](http://www.xenproject.org/).  website](http://www.xenproject.org/).
   
   This HOWTO attempts to address both the case of running a NetBSD dom0
   on hardware and running domUs under it (NetBSD and other), and also
   running NetBSD as a domU in a VPS.
   
 Versions of Xen and NetBSD  Versions of Xen and NetBSD
 ==========================  ==========================
   
Line 82  which version to choose.  Versions not i Line 57  which version to choose.  Versions not i
 versions of NetBSD are intentionally ignored.  versions of NetBSD are intentionally ignored.
   
 The term "amd64" is used to refer to both the NetBSD port and to the  The term "amd64" is used to refer to both the NetBSD port and to the
 hardware architecture on which it runs.  (Such hardware is made by  hardware architecture on which it runs.  Such hardware is generally
 both Intel and AMD, and in 2016 a normal PC has this CPU  made by both Intel and AMD, and common on PC computers.
 architecture.)  
   
 Xen versions  Xen versions
 ------------  ------------
Line 192  caution that the total situation is comp Line 166  caution that the total situation is comp
 understood. On top of that caution, the post is about Linux, not  understood. On top of that caution, the post is about Linux, not
 NetBSD.  TODO: Include link to benchmarks, if someone posts them.  NetBSD.  TODO: Include link to benchmarks, if someone posts them.
   
 Recommendation  
 --------------  
   
 Therefore, this HOWTO recommends running xenkernel46, xl, the NetBSD 7  
 stable branch, and therefore to use an amd64 kernel as the dom0.  
 Either the i386PAE or amd64 version of NetBSD may be used as domUs.  
   
 A tentative replacement recommendation is xenkernel48, xl, and NetBSD  
 8.  
   
 Because bugs are fixed quite often, and because of Xen security  
 advisories, it is good to stay up to date with NetBSD (tracking a  
 stable branch), with the Xen kernel (tracking a Xen version via  
 pkgsrc), and with the Xen tools.  Specifically, NetBSD (-7 and  
 -current) got an important fix affecting dom0/domU timesharing in  
 November, 2015, and xentools46 got a fix to enable Ubuntu guests to  
 boot in December, 2016.  
   
 NetBSD as a dom0  NetBSD as a dom0
 ================  ================
   
Removed from v.1.149  
changed lines
  Added in v.1.150

CVSweb for NetBSD wikisrc <wikimaster@NetBSD.org> software: FreeBSD-CVSweb