Re: vmm/vmd users running Alpine 3.21 guests

On Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:13:03 -0500
Dave Voutila <dv@sisu.io> wrote:

> Just a heads up, if you use vmm_clock[1] and virtio_vmmci[2] kernel
> modules that I maintain, you'll need to pull the latest.
>
> Folks in Linux Land decided to twiddle some of the API surface area
> forcing me to add yet another block of #elif's and kernel version
> checks to the vmmci(4) implementation. The pvclock(4) implementation
> just needed a new include. /eyeroll
>
> Secondarily, if you have strange reboot issues using Alpine guests on
> Intel-based hosts, try adding the `reboot=triple` kernel parameter to
> your /boot/extlinux.conf. I'm still tracking down something fishy in
> how it calls into the BIOS to attempt a reset. Triple-fault works
> fine.
>
> -dv
>
> [1] https://github.com/voutilad/vmm_clock
> [2] https://github.com/voutilad/virtio_vmmci
>

Great work! I just tried this out on my laptop with a Devuan 5 VM and a
Alpine VM. Do you plan on upstreaming this so it is easier for all of
us on OpenBSD running vmm?

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