Re: NetBSD in kvm?

["Christoph Egger" <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

> On 31.10.2010 16:54, Jens Rehsack wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > does anyone know whether NetBSD runs paravirtualized as a kvm guest
> > on Linux? Or is it expected to run full virtualized?
> > 
> > I tried to search on Google using "kvm netbsd" but didn't got usable
> > results (probably not usable for me ^^).
> > 
> > Thanks for any hint,
> 
> By "paravirtualization", you mean PV ("virtio") devices?
> 
> In that case, no, NetBSD does not have virtio support, although I
> remember someone implemented the drivers but kept them in its local tree.
> 
> Nevertheless, hardware virtualization should be fine.

Unfortunately not. The SeaBIOS has a bug which causes NetBSD
to not find any PCI devices.
(Since vga0 attaches on pci it stops booting with
'no console found')

Christoph