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 1C6C41381F3 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 17:55:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 76D85E0998; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 17:55:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75725E0933 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 17:55:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f181.google.com ([209.85.128.181]:49857) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1V62WL-000tds-EW for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:55:09 +0700 Received: by mail-ve0-f181.google.com with SMTP id jz10so2275533veb.40 for ; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:55:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=0lX5d5WvTF2uIobyGXbcKlITDZ4siosLlc45Py8nALE=; b=br8wDtEMp4VyQYeCxQRlCOr4q5r3V6eUoVyml1dRX6aKFMYkm9+qkHy+22+x97CCWz nGvO9ioIKcOv+/Dqisq2M3XNzqA21nWEbZwKA3ju6Z33cN86ZltQ8moIIrDc36/xWtEy XT/rR1368NBjmQVnCysinsjPy4HNWLryIGHUn0jmf1Hyr932ay80Br/dgphTUTInoCsO HhjfRj891yOxOqVsKopV9Z/MFeaOSTxbaw3wWksfVsfB0ELKKSK6Po/F66t0rJDob1Oz 6dNA0N13/r9X15d138x0JjZH7d/0m8DOW3Qoay79K42KAtsJsFWt4fOWpSisHUnEQHq2 cr0g== 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 X-Received: by 10.220.10.194 with SMTP id q2mr4705625vcq.2.1375638905265; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.98.136 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 10:55:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.98.136 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Aug 2013 10:55:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51FE30C9.8030203@gmail.com> References: <877gg8omwy.fsf@newsguy.com> <51FADC65.3050800@fastmail.co.uk> <51FAF9BC.7050001@gmail.com> <51FC1FCC.8020102@fastmail.co.uk> <51FE30C9.8030203@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 00:55:04 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any .config for vbox gentoo guest From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c3b94449a53904e322e472 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: svr-us4.tirtonadi.com: authenticated_id: rileyer+pandu.poluan.info/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Archives-Salt: 7f3be34d-b7a7-41a4-87bf-6a1bb5e2980f X-Archives-Hash: a169a8a3ff44c6d9201af248234e0da4 --001a11c3b94449a53904e322e472 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Aug 4, 2013 5:48 PM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On 02/08/2013 23:08, Kerin Millar wrote: > > Regarding VirtualBox, it does support a virtio-net type ethernet adapter > > so you would certainly benefit from enabling CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET in a guest. > > > > I'm not entirely certain as to where VirtualBox stands with regard to > > PVOPS support [1] but it would probably also help to enable > > CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST (even though there are no directly applicable > > sub-options). > > > How well or otherwise does it perform? > > I have a bunch of minimal VMs in a dev environment using Intel Pro1000, > and have considered changing to virtio. But it's a lot of work to do[1] > so someone else's opinion first would be nice. > > [1] They are Gentoo VMs but don't have sources installed and can't > compile a kernel with the mere 256G RAM I give them. So the entire > kernel+modules has to be built somewhere else and scp'ed to the VM. > hence "lot of work" > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckinnon@gmail.com > > Good Lord! Your VM has 256 GB of RAM?? That's even larger than some virtualization hosts we have in the company... Rgds, -- --001a11c3b94449a53904e322e472 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Aug 4, 2013 5:48 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/08/2013 23:08, Kerin Millar wrote:
> > Regarding VirtualBox, it does support a virtio-net type ethernet adapter
> > so you would certainly benefit from enabling CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET in a guest.
> >
> > I'm not entirely certain as to where VirtualBox stands with regard to
> > PVOPS support [1] but it would probably also help to enable
> > CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST (even though there are no directly applicable
> > sub-options).
>
>
> How well or otherwise does it perform?
>
> I have a bunch of minimal VMs in a dev environment using Intel Pro1000,
> and have considered changing to virtio. But it's a lot of work to do[1]
> so someone else's opinion first would be nice.
>
> [1] They are Gentoo VMs but don't have sources installed and can't
> compile a kernel with the mere 256G RAM I give them. So the entire
> kernel+modules has to be built somewhere else and scp'ed to the VM.
> hence "lot of work"
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>
>

Good Lord! Your VM has 256 GB of RAM??

That's even larger than some virtualization hosts we have in the company...

Rgds,
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