svn commit: r50094 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization

Michael Dexter <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Author: dexter
Date: Tue Mar 28 00:09:27 2017
New Revision: 50094
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50094

Log:
  Add UEFI section to the Virtualization chapter
  
  PR:		215762
  Submitted by:	[email protected]
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml	Mon Mar 27 23:24:14 2017	(r50093)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml	Tue Mar 28 00:09:27 2017	(r50094)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
       <listitem>
 	<para>Know how to <link linkend="ports">install additional
-	    third-party software</link>.</para>
+	   third-party software</link>.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </sect1>
@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@ perm pass* 0660</programlisting>
       <acronym>BSD</acronym>-licensed hypervisor became part of the
       base system with &os; 10.0-RELEASE.  This hypervisor supports a
       number of guests, including &os;, OpenBSD, and many &linux;
-      distributions.  Currently, <application>bhyve</application> only
-      supports a serial console and does not emulate a graphical
-      console.  Virtualization offload features of newer
+      distributions.  By default, <application>bhyve</application>
+      provides access to serial console and does not emulate a
+      graphical console.  Virtualization offload features of newer
       <acronym>CPU</acronym>s are used to avoid the legacy methods of
       translating instructions and manually managing memory
       mappings.</para>
@@ -1175,6 +1175,81 @@ grub> <userinput>boot</userinput></scree
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>bhyvectl --destroy --vm=<replaceable>linuxguest</replaceable></userinput></screen>
     </sect2>
 
+    <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-bhyve-uefi">
+      <title>Booting <application>bhyve</application> Virtual Machines
+	with <acronym>UEFI</acronym> Firmware</title>
+
+      <para>In addition to <application>bhyveload</application> and
+	<application>grub-bhyve</application>, the
+	<application>bhyve</application> hypervisor can also boot
+	virtual machines using the <acronym>UEFI</acronym> userspace
+	firmware.  This option may support guest operating systems
+	that are not supported by the other loaders.</para>
+
+      <para>In order to make use of the <acronym>UEFI</acronym>
+        support in <application>bhyve</application>, first obtain the
+        <acronym>UEFI</acronym> firmware images.  This can be done
+	by installing <package>sysutils/bhyve-firmware</package>
+	port or package.</para>
+
+      <para>With the firmware in place, add the flags
+	<option>-l bootrom,<replaceable>/path/to/firmware</replaceable></option>
+	to your <application>bhyve</application> command line.
+	The actual <application>bhyve</application> command may look
+	like this:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>bhyve -AHP -s 0:0,hostbridge -s 1:0,lpc \
+-s 2:0,virtio-net,<replaceable>tap1</replaceable> -s 3:0,virtio-blk,<replaceable>./disk.img</replaceable> \
+-s 4:0,ahci-cd,<replaceable>./install.iso</replaceable> -c <replaceable>4</replaceable> -m <replaceable>1024M</replaceable> \
+-l bootrom,<replaceable>/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd</replaceable> \
+<replaceable>guest</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+      <para><package>sysutils/bhyve-firmware</package> also contains a
+	<acronym>CSM</acronym>-enabled firmware, to boot guests with no
+	<acronym>UEFI</acronym> support in legacy
+	<acronym>BIOS</acronym> mode:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>bhyve -AHP -s 0:0,hostbridge -s 1:0,lpc \
+-s 2:0,virtio-net,<replaceable>tap1</replaceable> -s 3:0,virtio-blk,<replaceable>./disk.img</replaceable> \
+-s 4:0,ahci-cd,<replaceable>./install.iso</replaceable> -c <replaceable>4</replaceable> -m <replaceable>1024M</replaceable> \
+-l bootrom,<replaceable>/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI_CSM.fd</replaceable> \
+<replaceable>guest</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-bhyve-framebuffer">
+      <title>Graphical <acronym>UEFI</acronym> Framebuffer for
+	<application>bhyve</application> Guests</title>
+
+      <para>The <acronym>UEFI</acronym> firmware support is particularly
+	useful with predominantly graphical guest operating systems
+	such as Microsoft &windows;.</para>
+
+      <para>Support for the UEFI-GOP framebuffer may also be enabled
+	with the <option>-s 29,fbuf,tcp=<replaceable>0.0.0.0:5900</replaceable></option>
+	flags.  The framebuffer resolution may be configured with
+	<option>w=<replaceable>800</replaceable></option> and
+	<option>h=<replaceable>600</replaceable></option>, and
+	<application>bhyve</application> can be instructed to wait for
+	a <acronym>VNC</acronym> connection before booting the guest
+	by adding <option>wait</option>.  The framebuffer may be
+	accessed from the host or over the network via the
+	<acronym>VNC</acronym> protocol.</para>
+
+      <para>The resulting <application>bhyve</application> command
+        would look like this:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>bhyve -AHP -s 0:0,hostbridge -s 31:0,lpc \
+-s 2:0,virtio-net,<replaceable>tap1</replaceable> -s 3:0,virtio-blk,<replaceable>./disk.img</replaceable> \
+-s 4:0,ahci-cd,<replaceable>./install.iso</replaceable> -c <replaceable>4</replaceable> -m <replaceable>1024M</replaceable> \
+-s 29,fbuf,tcp=<replaceable>0.0.0.0:5900</replaceable>,w=<replaceable>800</replaceable>,h=<replaceable>600</replaceable>,wait \
+-l bootrom,<replaceable>/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd</replaceable> \
+<replaceable>guest</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Note, in BIOS emulation mode, the framebuffer will cease
+	receiving updates once control is passed from firmware to
+	guest operating system.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
     <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-bhyve-zfs">
       <title>Using <acronym>ZFS</acronym> with
 	<application>bhyve</application> Guests</title>
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