bhyve graphics support

[Shawn Webb]

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:48:54AM -0700, Michael Dexter wrote:
> On 5/27/16 1:33 AM, Peter Grehan wrote:
> > As of r300829, support for graphic output has been checked into the
> > projects/bhyve_graphics branch...
> 
> HUGE thanks to Leon and Peter for making this happen. We all owe them 
> our gratitude as with all things bhyve, this is non-trivial code.
> 
> There is a dedicated UEFI page on the wiki that would be suitable for 
> the FAQ's that are starting to appear on this thread. I will sync it 
> with Peter's original message and welcome others to contribute:
> 
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/UEFI
> 
> I tested every major GNU/Linux distribution and a few variants and 
> Windows up through 2016 TP5. The results have been great but I'm sure 
> there are edge cases that need addressing. Please do test this with high 
> CPU counts, RAM allocations and anything else you can think of.

I'd like to echo Michael Dexter's appreciation. Peter, Michael, and
everyone else who worked on this: thank you so much.

I've imported the new bhyve code into a feature branch of HardenedBSD.
I'm glad to report that it's working flawlessly, even when compiled with
PIE + RELRO + BIND_NOW.

Here's a little screenshot showing CentOS getting installed:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPKqcVSwcPYxqEmfjXFJaMojL09ltTqmMsj-KXwdVftUL1BQQIfAApJrp8js4OMuQ?key=bG9YOE5ubS0yOEFrdmlqZ0x4eGw4OUFLTDZlUkln

Thanks,

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Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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