From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17F881381F3 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 00:13:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24C7DE09EF; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 00:13:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm6-vm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm6-vm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.154]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB418E09DA for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 00:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.39.60.176] by nm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Aug 2013 00:13:48 -0000 Received: from [67.195.23.146] by tm12.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Aug 2013 00:13:48 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Aug 2013 00:13:48 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 676604.21070.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: UlhEVXwVM1n_gORKyhzZ_zTOm6Qhq8ZahijYEx5Sxavqxcn f_daARy.JJ6FLSjtgcoo2bXUJheMK0tUfstioNhT5N5hFV2sslv683oRLd3R RW4aK6ESc_qR6PMXOuALJeo889XPEwK1.oEYmQ3y2fRh5pyg9fQ6lnip.s6a l9o662P7Xvu6ff.WC8ZciL0IBGd9fW9DOZ_6xPxEV0x6zr9zMyxAbl1bMe9N dytC7aG0OG67iDJR9KAEU4BPM27zHHTqzGXQXqCMKDSax7vjs32fA..m0_1i 6sKNgb3D7gUE0CNQ4RNEMtvvVrb9iYnEAGlB8ymOBpSBQ1W_U252_w_9XSgU F4CnL_oF3YZD0ft9xbWUJp5rqH_ubxqLxIG4t7f3ZzZ1o1iedHNcr79hx222 pEPbx4Oz8uuPWNYrwqb1wrrXaUxz474qIxDgE65NXyctg73O.0nmzkBalG2d _U1LJLkzJVik4oCbC_EMccQLV0s19ULZwhEN4MI33xwmOR1gFaLe8MAx0Zu3 37i82yl8h9pC8uGRv7gaDjqPkEdm6O3GOSuj0loIfJNIJX3m7RZXpujKUGih S8BOQjT2MdqBtb0EVisY2t.2.AQyLHkHAU6kVTGzGuEYkX4VjD8o.CA1uuw8 EdlnLd_HprXnjkVURcxUbZp51oMe1d3bdq9NYMHpmCdDsetvLIXrmianla2I my2NIXzmaSIfl.LZ8Lq_98E85ZcpvmsgUEoip1HaHrazu8dQu7qrDHSKEO9e w39Xyyo7ktBhQzA-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: oM3WcDSswBC7zv73TQKEsi7eAZ0- X-Rocket-Received: from [192.168.1.2] (w41ter@69.234.185.235 with plain) by smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Aug 2013 00:13:48 +0000 UTC Message-ID: <51FAF9BC.7050001@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:13:48 -0700 From: walt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Any .config for vbox gentoo guest References: <877gg8omwy.fsf@newsguy.com> <51FADC65.3050800@fastmail.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <51FADC65.3050800@fastmail.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 55b2d72c-d16b-45a6-aa28-e7b2b0b915ac X-Archives-Hash: 769854c7e0480585267292f7fda96a0c On 08/01/2013 03:08 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > On 30/07/2013 22:04, walt wrote: >> On 07/29/2013 06:29 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> Can anyone post a .config for a 3.8.13 kernel that is known to work on >>> a vbox install of gentoo as guest. >>> >>> Working on a fresh install but don't have gentoo running anywhere to >>> rob a .config from. >> >> This one worked for me. >> > > > > This config is missing various options that would significantly enhance kernel performance in its capacity as a guest. > > For core paravirtualization support: > > CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST > CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK > CONFIG_KVM_GUEST > > For virtio support: > > CONFIG_VIRTIO > CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI > CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK > CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO > CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET > > For the scsi/net virtio drivers to work in the guest, qemu must be started with the appropriate options. Further details can be found here: > > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Virtio Thanks Kerin. I don't know about Harry, but I'm no expert in virtualization. Just to clarify: I know that virtualbox and kvm are both extensions of qemu, but not exactly identical to each other. Would those same kernel options be useful in virtualbox as well as kvm/qemu?