cannot install FreeBSD 12.0 Xen 4.12.1 on Intel Core i7 CPU 930

[Roger Pau Monné]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 07:10:44PM +0300, Stefan Parvu wrote:
> > 
> >> Also, IIRC X58 had some interrupt remapping issues, can you try to
> >> boot with iommu=no-intremap? (without any other iommu options)
> > 
> 
> here my /boot/loader.conf
> 
> root at earth:~ # cat /boot/loader.conf 
> kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
> kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
> zfs_load="YES"
> if_tap_load="YES"
> xen_kernel="/boot/xen"
> xen_cmdline="dom0_mem=8192M dom0_max_vcpus=4 dom0=pvh console=com1,vga com1=115200,8n1 guest_loglvl=all loglvl=all iommu=no-intremap"
> 
> 
> Nope, same problem 
> 
> and this is what I get now:
> http://www.kronometrix.org/bugs/freebsd_xen2.jpg <http://www.kronometrix.org/bugs/freebsd_xen2.jpg>

Hm, can you remove iommu=no-intremap and try to capture a video of Xen
booting? I'm hoping I might be able to spot why Xen is refusing to use
the iommu.

Roger.