On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 08:23:42PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 09:57:46PM -0700, Aaron Bieber wrote:
> > Hola!
> >
> > This one is a bit funky. I just setup a new server with Hetzner. When I
> > try to boot vms on it, they only start when I have a "boot" entry
> > specified. Anything that uses the bios (doesn't have a boot entry) fails
> > fairly silently.
> >
> > I can take the same config (without a boot entry) on my x240, and it
> > boots (I can see the seabios startup).
> >
> > Hetzner box:
> > hw.model=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz
>
> This CPU is the problem. That is an a very old Nehalem CPU, which lacks
Technically it's a Bloomfield but the problem is the same :)
> the "unrestricted guest" virtualization feature required to run virtualized
> real mode code (eg, bios). This also means you're going to be stuck with
> OpenBSD guests only.
>
> You're going to have to use the -b option (or the "boot" entry like you
> noted) on this CPU. I have plans to fix that someday but other things keep
> jumping in front of this in line.
>
> Does Hetzner offer a newer CPU option? (This CPU is 9 years old).
>
> -ml
>
> > cpu0:
> > FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,SENSOR
> >
> > x240:
> > hw.model=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz
> > cpu0:
> >
> > FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,ABM,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT
> >
> > Config:
> > switch "nat" {
> > interface bridge1
> > }
> >
> > vm "test" {
> > disable
> > memory 1G
> > disk "/vm/test.img"
> >
> > interface { switch "nat" }
> > }
> >
> > The test.img file is a freshly created file with no OS installed.
> >
> > When starting the vm with debug on the Hetzner server:
> > frank# vmd -dvvv
> > startup
> > /etc/vm.conf:5: switch "nat" registered
> > vm_register: registering vm 1
> > /etc/vm.conf:13: vm "test" registered (disabled)
> > vm_priv_brconfig: interface bridge1 description switch1-nat
> > vmd_configure: not creating vm test (disabled)
> > config_setconfig: setting config
> > config_getconfig: retrieving config
> > config_getconfig: retrieving config
> > config_getconfig: retrieving config
> > vm_opentty: vm test tty /dev/ttyp5 uid 0 gid 4 mode 620
> > vm_register: registering vm 1
> > vm_priv_ifconfig: interface tap0 description vm1-if0-test
> > loadfile_bios: loaded BIOS image
> > vm_priv_ifconfig: switch "nat" interface bridge1 add tap0
> > run_vm: initializing hardware for vm test
> > test: started vm 1 successfully, tty /dev/ttyp5
> > virtio_init: vm "test" vio0 lladdr fe:e1:bb:d1:e4:39
> > run_vm: starting vcpu threads for vm test
> > vcpu_reset: resetting vcpu 0 for vm 33
> > vmd: cannot reset VCPU 0 - exiting.
> > vmm_sighdlr: handling signal 20
> > vmm_sighdlr: attempting to terminate vm 1
> > terminate_vm: terminating vmid 33
> > vmm_sighdlr: calling vm_remove
> > vm_remove: removing vm id 1 from running config
> > vm_remove: calling vm_stop
> > vm_stop: stopping vm 1
> > vmd_dispatch_vmm: handling TERMINATE_EVENT for vm id 1 ret 5
> > vmd_dispatch_vmm: about to stop vm id 1
> > vm_stop: stopping vm 1
> >
> > Output from vmctl when starting:
> > frank# vmctl start test -c
> > Connected to /dev/ttyp5 (speed 115200)
> >
> > [EOT]
> > frank#
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Aaron
> >
> > --
> > PGP: 0x1F81112D62A9ADCE / 3586 3350 BFEA C101 DB1A 4AF0 1F81 112D 62A9 ADCE
> >
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