Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by moogle19 » Sun, May 29, 2016, 6:44 PM UTC

Bhyve now with graphics support
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Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by muricula » Sun, May 29, 2016, 7:37 PM UTC

Are there any plans to pull this new functionality into Xhyve, the fork which runs on OS X using the OS X hypervisor framework?

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by rarepostinlurkr » Sun, May 29, 2016, 7:45 PM UTC

muricula wrote: post #2

Are there any plans to pull this new functionality into Xhyve, the fork which runs on OS X using the OS X hypervisor framework?

Hypervisor.framework would need to support it as well, not sure if it does. It just in 10.11.5 got better support for USB.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by blub » Sun, May 29, 2016, 7:47 PM UTC

rarepostinlurkr wrote: post #3

muricula wrote: post #2

Are there any plans to pull this new functionality into Xhyve, the fork which runs on OS X using the OS X hypervisor framework?

Hypervisor.framework would need to support it as well, not sure if it does. It just in 10.11.5 got better support for USB.

Veertu has graphics support, so H.framework must support it already.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by jsolson » Sun, May 29, 2016, 7:56 PM UTC

rarepostinlurkr wrote: post #3

muricula wrote: post #2

Are there any plans to pull this new functionality into Xhyve, the fork which runs on OS X using the OS X hypervisor framework?

Hypervisor.framework would need to support it as well, not sure if it does. It just in 10.11.5 got better support for USB.

That's not really true. It has all of the primitives you need to support PCI graphics devices (or even memory-scraping legacy VGA if you hate yourself). It had all of the primitives you need to do emulated USB on 10.10 -- passthrough is a different matter.

For implementing GOP you need to support UEFI, generally, but beyond that it's just supporting another UEFI protocol.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by rsync » Sun, May 29, 2016, 8:22 PM UTC

UEFI support in bhyve suggests that we can now run a Solaris guest in a FreeBSD bhyve.

This is a big deal for rsync.net, since our ZFS send/receive feature only works with other FreeBSD/FreeNAS/TrueNAS clients and not with Solaris clients that have a different ZFS version.

We've been waiting a while for this and can't wait to offer ZFS send/receive to Solaris customers.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by bstx » Sun, May 29, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

rarepostinlurkr wrote: post #3

muricula wrote: post #2

Are there any plans to pull this new functionality into Xhyve, the fork which runs on OS X using the OS X hypervisor framework?

Hypervisor.framework would need to support it as well, not sure if it does. It just in 10.11.5 got better support for USB.

Hypervisor.framework itself only deals with CPU virtualization and is agnostic to whatever device model is implemented in userspace.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by jclulow » Sun, May 29, 2016, 8:39 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #6

UEFI support in bhyve suggests that we can now run a Solaris guest in a FreeBSD bhyve. This is a big deal for rsync.net, since our ZFS send/receive feature only works with other FreeBSD/FreeNAS/TrueNAS clients and not with Solaris clients that have a different ZFS version. We've been waiting a while for this and can't wait to offer ZFS send/receive to Solaris customers.

Would this service be more expensive to cover the Solaris license required?

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by sgt » Sun, May 29, 2016, 8:50 PM UTC

I like little clever ideas like these:

"The fbuf wait parameter instructs bhyve to only boot upon the initiation of a VNC connection, simplifying the installation of operating systems that require immediate keyboard input. This can be removed for post-installation use."

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Post by SwellJoe » Sun, May 29, 2016, 9:00 PM UTC

jclulow wrote: post #8

rsync wrote: post #6

UEFI support in bhyve suggests that we can now run a Solaris guest in a FreeBSD bhyve. This is a big deal for rsync.net, since our ZFS send/receive feature only works with other FreeBSD/FreeNAS/TrueNAS clients and not with Solaris clients that have a different ZFS version. We've been waiting a while for this and can't wait to offer ZFS send/receive to Solaris customers.

Would this service be more expensive to cover the Solaris license required?

Wouldn't an IllumOS distro be compatible?