I updated my Honeycomb LX #bhyve bug report and created a CIX/A720 one, both with text dumps.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/289400
https://bugs.freebsd.org/292895
Hopefully these will become first class bhyve platforms.
Stefano Marinelli
boosted
The recording of the January 29th, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed the FreeBSD Build Option Survey, illumos transitional VirtIO device support, FreeBSD virtiofs updates, user-friendly CPU pinning, a Prometheus exporter for Sylve, the bhyvemgr desktop bhyve manager, user management without /etc/passwd, upcoming Zelta features, best practices for quiescing VMs for ZFS snapshotting, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
The recording of the January 29th, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed the FreeBSD Build Option Survey, illumos transitional VirtIO device support, FreeBSD virtiofs updates, user-friendly CPU pinning, a Prometheus exporter for Sylve, the bhyvemgr desktop bhyve manager, user management without /etc/passwd, upcoming Zelta features, best practices for quiescing VMs for ZFS snapshotting, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
Taking to @antranigv …
Could you have a #FreeBSD RELEASE system with a single STABLE base package such as #bhyve?
Stefano Marinelli
boosted
Today I've played around with Bhyve and vm-bhyve for the first time and I like it very much.
I've used QEMU/KVM for everything until now, but I'm thinkering with switching completely to Bhyve.
The first VM is already up and will be the base for the Dark Blue Raven website.
#bhyve #vmbhyve #freebsd #darkblueraven #hypervisor #virtualization
Today I've played around with Bhyve and vm-bhyve for the first time and I like it very much.
I've used QEMU/KVM for everything until now, but I'm thinkering with switching completely to Bhyve.
The first VM is already up and will be the base for the Dark Blue Raven website.
#bhyve #vmbhyve #freebsd #darkblueraven #hypervisor #virtualization
Michael Dexter
and 1 other
boosted
The recording of the January 22nd, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed recent Windows NVMe driver news, LibVirt improvements, CPU pinning, musl libc compatibility with Linux Jails, Rocky Linux Jails without systemd, a p9fs call for testing, bhyve/ARM64, #FreeBSD logo usage, #Sylve news with a demo, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
The recording of the January 22nd, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed recent Windows NVMe driver news, LibVirt improvements, CPU pinning, musl libc compatibility with Linux Jails, Rocky Linux Jails without systemd, a p9fs call for testing, bhyve/ARM64, #FreeBSD logo usage, #Sylve news with a demo, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
Michael Dexter
boosted
One thing that I always missed in my infrastructure at @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe when running with #bhyve was a missing #Prometheus exporter for metrics of the #VMs (and #jails) - agentless of course... It f*cked me up, that I simply wrote it for my new platform which is based on #Sylve in #FreeBSD (thanks to @hayzam@bsd.cafe for creating Sylve!).
It's written in Go and will be published asap.
One thing that I always missed in my infrastructure at @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe when running with #bhyve was a missing #Prometheus exporter for metrics of the #VMs (and #jails) - agentless of course... It f*cked me up, that I simply wrote it for my new platform which is based on #Sylve in #FreeBSD (thanks to @hayzam@bsd.cafe for creating Sylve!).
It's written in Go and will be published asap.
The recording of the January 15th, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed the EDK2 port update, virtio-scsi improvements, Windows NVMe driver surprises, bhyvectl(8) IPC changes, Unix domain socket support for the frame buffer, MAJOR unprivileged bhyve updates, MAJOR PCI hot-plug updates with demo, bhyve/ARM64 news, CPU pinning, #OpenZFS ARC management, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
I really love to see #Sylve in #FreeBSD allowing us to define CPU pinning with #bhyve! That's a missing piece in other "major" solutions... Well done!
#virtualization #proxmox #opensource #alternatives
The six RAM modules donated by $you_know_who_you_are (they did not request public gushing) for the Ampere system on loan from @winterschon with BIOS from @bexcran WORK!
Boom! A 64GB RAM/32 vCPU #ARM64 #bhyve VM booted in seconds!
Roman has made LibVirt progress on the system, as has @hayzam on #Sylve.
Go team!
The recording of the January 8th, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed libvdsk opportunities, bhyve/ARM64 under QEMU on Intel, LibVirt news, a virtual frame buffer for bhyve/ARM64, GPU Pass-Through, a GREAT live demonstration of C programming, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
Michael Dexter
and 1 other
boosted
With a budget, colleagues and I would:
⚡️Reduce volunteer cash advances for events
⚡️Improve the #OpenZFS test suite and documentation
⚡️Organize East coast USA and European OpenZFS summits
⚡️Continue to improve #bhyve
⚡️Continue to improve community Audio/Video wisdom and equipment
⚡️Consider cloud service backup/export challenges (I got Google Drive mirroring to work!)
The money is out there but is firewalled.
If you believe in these same goals, please reach out to potential supporters.
In 2025 I introduced colleagues to over half a million USD in employment opportunities. Now I am forced to think about myself.
❤️
Michael Dexter
boosted
#FreeBSD #bhyve vnc server now supports using a unix socket:
https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=cbc6f7e941e42639a0314cd121b06493cce8e0e6
#FreeBSD #bhyve vnc server now supports using a unix socket:
https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=cbc6f7e941e42639a0314cd121b06493cce8e0e6
With a budget, colleagues and I would:
⚡️Reduce volunteer cash advances for events
⚡️Improve the #OpenZFS test suite and documentation
⚡️Organize East coast USA and European OpenZFS summits
⚡️Continue to improve #bhyve
⚡️Continue to improve community Audio/Video wisdom and equipment
⚡️Consider cloud service backup/export challenges (I got Google Drive mirroring to work!)
The money is out there but is firewalled.
If you believe in these same goals, please reach out to potential supporters.
In 2025 I introduced colleagues to over half a million USD in employment opportunities. Now I am forced to think about myself.
❤️