bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570

Sun Apr 26 13:12:03 UTC 2020

I would suggest to update your bios.
Kind regards
Michael

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>   1. bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570
>      (Christian Jeannot)
>   2. Re: bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570
>      (Aryeh Friedman)
>   3. Re: bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570
>      (Christian Jeannot)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 10:57:50 +0200
> From: Christian Jeannot <info at os-plus.org>
> To: freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org
> Subject: bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570
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> Hi Community,
> 
> I am testing bhyve from FreeBSD 12.1 RELEASE.
> 
> My environment:
> - CPU: AMD Ryze 3900X
> - Mainboard: MSI MEG ACE X570, Default settings, latest BIOS 7C35v18
> - RAM: G.Skill RipJaws V DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR4-3200, CL16-18-18-38
> - GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX 5700XT
> 
> I checked the settings in the BIOS. Virtualization options are enabled. 
> SVM is enabled.
> 
> I follow the instruction from the FreeBSD handbook ?21.7. FreeBSD as a 
> Host with bhyve?.
> 
> When I run
>     kldload vmm
> I got an output that SVM is disabled by BIOS. When I check the BIOS it 
> is enabled.
> 
> When I try to start the VM with the example script I got the output
>     vm_create device not configured
> 
> Did I miss something to configure?
> 
> Does anyone has a Ryzen CPU and a actual MSI mainboard successfully run 
> bhyve?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> ?Christian
> -- 
> --
> christian jeannot
> vogelmauer 17
> 86152 augsburg
> +49 821 81552861
> info at os-plus.org
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> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 05:32:36 -0400
> From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
> To: Christian Jeannot <info at os-plus.org>
> Cc: "freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org"
>    <freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570
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>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:57 AM Christian Jeannot <info at os-plus.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Community,
>> 
>> I am testing bhyve from FreeBSD 12.1 RELEASE.
>> 
>> My environment:
>> - CPU: AMD Ryze 3900X
>> - Mainboard: MSI MEG ACE X570, Default settings, latest BIOS 7C35v18
>> - RAM: G.Skill RipJaws V DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR4-3200, CL16-18-18-38
>> - GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX 5700XT
>> 
>> I checked the settings in the BIOS. Virtualization options are enabled.
>> SVM is enabled.
>> 
>> I follow the instruction from the FreeBSD handbook ?21.7. FreeBSD as a
>> Host with bhyve?.
>> 
>> When I run
>>     kldload vmm
>> I got an output that SVM is disabled by BIOS. When I check the BIOS it
>> is enabled.
>> 
> 
> What happens if you load it from /boot/load.conf
> 
> Also you shouldn't have to turn on kvm (I do have it turned on but it
> should not be required).
> 
> Bhyve has a upper limit of 16 vm's that it can run at once but I don't
> think this is based on core count of the processor.
> 
> 
>> When I try to start the VM with the example script I got the output
>>     vm_create device not configured
>> 
>> Did I miss something to configure?
>> 
>> Does anyone has a Ryzen CPU and a actual MSI mainboard successfully run
>> bhyve?
>> 
> 
> I have two Ryzen 5 2600X/MSI machines as far I can tell looking at the
> specs (and what I remember when I was deciding to get a 3900X or 2600X)
> there is no practical difference, except for core count, from the point of
> view of virtualization/bhyve.  One machine is a MSI B450 Tomahawk and the
> other is MSI B450 Gaming Pro.   Both machines run bhyve with out any
> problem (one of them is my main home office server with 3 vm's on it
> [windows and 2 FreeBSD]) and the other is my primary desktop machine and
> used for R&D on PetiteCloud (which is a web interface to bhyve and qemu).
> 
> Best regards
>> 
>> ?Christian
>> --
>> --
>> christian jeannot
>> vogelmauer 17
>> 86152 augsburg
>> +49 821 81552861
>> info at os-plus.org
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> 
> -- 
> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:56:39 +0200
> From: Christian Jeannot <info at os-plus.org>
> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: bhyve with AMD Ryzen 3900X and MSI MEG ACE X570
> Message-ID: <fdee36b6-31cd-5b3e-e760-b83664e5472d at os-plus.org>
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> 
>> Am 26.04.20 um 11:32 schrieb Aryeh Friedman:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:57 AM Christian Jeannot <info at os-plus.org 
>> <mailto:info at os-plus.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi Community,
>> 
>>    I am testing bhyve from FreeBSD 12.1 RELEASE.
>> 
>>    My environment:
>>    - CPU: AMD Ryze 3900X
>>    - Mainboard: MSI MEG ACE X570, Default settings, latest BIOS 7C35v18
>>    - RAM: G.Skill RipJaws V DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR4-3200, CL16-18-18-38
>>    - GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX 5700XT
>> 
>>    I checked the settings in the BIOS. Virtualization options are enabled.
>>    SVM is enabled.
>> 
>>    I follow the instruction from the FreeBSD handbook ?21.7. FreeBSD as a
>>    Host with bhyve?.
>> 
>>    When I run
>>     ? ? ?kldload vmm
>>    I got an output that SVM is disabled by BIOS. When I check the BIOS it
>>    is enabled.
>> 
>> 
>> What happens if you load it from /boot/load.conf
> 
> When I add
>    vmm_load="YES"
> in /boot/loader.conf I can see the following with dmesg after a reboot
> 
> SVM: disabled by BIOS.
> module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vmm, 0xffffffff8264dd20, 0) error 6
> 
>> 
>> Also you shouldn't have to turn on kvm (I do have it turned on but it 
>> should not be required).
>> 
>> Bhyve has a upper limit of 16 vm's that it can run at once but I don't 
>> think this is based on core count of the processor.
>> 
>> 
>>    When I try to start the VM with the example script I got the output
>>     ? ? ?vm_create device not configured
>> 
>>    Did I miss something to configure?
>> 
>>    Does anyone has a Ryzen CPU and a actual MSI mainboard successfully run
>>    bhyve?
>> 
>> 
>> I have two Ryzen 5 2600X/MSI machines as far I can tell looking at the 
>> specs (and what I remember when I was deciding to get a 3900X or 2600X) 
>> there is no practical difference, except for core count, from the point 
>> of view of virtualization/bhyve.? One machine is a MSI B450 Tomahawk and 
>> the other is MSI B450 Gaming Pro.?? Both machines run bhyve with out any 
>> problem (one of them is my main home office server with 3 vm's on it 
>> [windows and 2 FreeBSD]) and the other is my primary desktop machine and 
>> used for R&D on PetiteCloud (which is a web interface to bhyve and qemu).
> 
> Thank you. Good to know that bhye is working with AMD CPUs, Mainboards 
> and chipsets.
> 
> --Christian
> 
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> christian jeannot
> vogelmauer 17
> 86152 augsburg
> +49 821 81552861
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