From nobody Mon Aug 05 18:52:04 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Wd5CM44M3z5SWQp for ; Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from mail.oetec.com (mail.oetec.com [108.160.241.186]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature ECDSA (P-256) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.oetec.com", Issuer "E5" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Wd5CL71mbz4vs5 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2024 18:52:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=blastwave.org header.s=default header.b=OdTBQSqw; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=blastwave.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dclarke@blastwave.org designates 108.160.241.186 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dclarke@blastwave.org Received: from [172.16.35.3] (pool-99-253-118-250.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.253.118.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.oetec.com (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 475Iq4CE068994 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2024 14:52:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=blastwave.org; s=default; t=1722883926; bh=hBfjQL30J8qDxQGrrjGI6oETCq/L9d14Dq9Kq17gQ88=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=OdTBQSqwK+TCJbElA/vtIGirLtquBWLG8aldMSZ/dKwmV3fAugEmb4xffWyUgv4/A 3rZ3UUKZYQErlJroMkZfPqSPNWK0Zb7Aa6mzwkOiDokls7YX6YypzUzhAAaGYBX3pM 0qmGIfLjdVOXZX6rCgIoDm9TxWbq0TBuofkuTbbNPJycxKjZsWddmimOw1ne9EYgIb CeFL+ZAhvsLjX5Qf2QNyfJi+oBaL4/BJrEkb3NFoMK5X1G5GOmBsvz1Zwe4cz82wVQ NtSRtHAEpwOoeQzDagdhcfOITqvBpG1HCDKKPXXAYWFfHopnjVhR6SP3RA1oDEH1uB YHXeX+FSSpv8A== Message-ID: Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 14:52:04 -0400 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: RFC: rc(8) script for bhyve(8) on FreeBSD Content-Language: en-CA To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <178d585e-2ce0-4b69-a017-8af7f9b78a57@omnilan.de> From: Dennis Clarke Organization: GENUNIX In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-oetec-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-oetec-MailScanner-ID: 475Iq4CE068994 X-oetec-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-oetec-MailScanner-From: dclarke@blastwave.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.69 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[blastwave.org,quarantine]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx:c]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[108.160.241.186:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[blastwave.org:s=default]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[blastwave.org:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:812, ipnet:108.160.240.0/20, country:CA]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Wd5CL71mbz4vs5 On 8/5/24 14:22, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > On 05/08/2024 18:50, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> On 8/5/24 12:12, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> two years elapsed since I last deployed a FreeBSD machine that >>> utilizd bhyve(8), which already had bhyve_config(5) support back then. >>> >> >> This may feel slightly off topic but I assure you that it is of great >> benefit. Have a look at the brilliant creation of Steve Wills that I >> know and love as "cirrina" : >> >>      https://gitlab.com/swills/cirrina/-/releases >> >> It is very much in active development and does a neat job of handling a >> pile of stuff related to bhyve. Not the least of which is the creation >> and configuration and management of a whole slew of VMs. It is actively >> being tested and developed and I have been using it while testing PCI >> device passthru of NVidia Quadro GPUs for the purpose of CUDA dev work. >> >> I also am motivated to write up a pile of documentation related to >> cirrina given that it really does feel like a Swiss Army Knife which >> can do damn near everything I ever wanted with bhyve. > > I have seen cirrina some time ago. I was interested in GUI. A GUI with bells and whistles like VMware Workstation is a long way off. Feel free to drop a few million US dollars and I am sure a prototype would be available in six months. It may even work. Sorry but cirrina(d) is just great from the command line for now. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken