Re: OpenBSD as Xen domU

> You can use Christoph Egger's OpenBSD/Xen port. No need to go
> HVM-only. Unfortunately, my own website is down right now and I
> haven't gotten around to fixing that, but the Wayback Machine has the
> relevant page:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20070403174105/http://ropersonline.com/openbsd/xen/
>
> Also, search the misc archives. This question crops up fairly
> regularly. and each time most people don't seem to know of Christoph
> Egger's port (and each time I then try to tell people about it again
> -- if I catch the message, but I don't always do and sometimes things
> fall through the cracks here).
>
> Thanks and regards,
> --ropers
>
> On 07/02/2008, John Jackson <openbsd@...> wrote:
>  
>> OpenBSD as DomU works using hardware virtualization for me.  There's
>> the occasional lockup that I haven't looked into too much.  You can
>> launch vncviewer to get a console.  My working config is at the bottom.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:55:05PM +0100, Julien Cabillot wrote:
>>    
>>> It's work but I had really bad performances with the network (timeout on
>>> the interface re).
>>> Dmesg: http://www.openbsd-france.org/ml/archives/msg02494.html
>>>
>>>      
>> I found that setting the vif interface to 'model=ne2k_pci' helps with
>> the timeouts.
>>
>>    
>>> On jeu, 2008-02-07 at 00:29 +0200, NetOne - Doichin Dokov wrote:
>>>      
>>>> I'm looking to replace a Linux domU with a BSD one, preferably OpenBSD.
>>>> Anyone any success running stable OpenBSD (FreeBSD would also suffice)
>>>> as domU in a Xen system? If so, willing to share config / how-to /
>>>> experience?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Doichin
>>>>        
>> Here's a working Xen config:
>> =================================================================
>> import os, re
>> arch = os.uname()[4]
>> if re.search('64', arch):
>>     arch_libdir = 'lib64'
>> else:
>>     arch_libdir = 'lib'
>> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
>> builder='hvm'
>> memory = 256
>> name = "obsd"
>> pae=0
>> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:7d:be:ef, model=ne2k_pci' ]
>> disk = [ 'file:/disk/homer.disk,hda,w','file:/disk/obsd42_amd64.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>> device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>> boot='cd'
>> sdl=0
>> vnc=1
>> vncviewer=0
>> nographic=0
>> stdvga=0
>> serial='pty'
>> ne2000=1
>> audio=0
>> localtime=1
>> ================================================================
>>