Call me old fashioned, but I’d much prefer a patchset than having to install a version control package and suck down a source code check out. So please find a patchset for the Hyper-V integration components for the following versions of FreeBSD:
FreeBSD 8.2 Hyper-V Integration Components Patchset
FreeBSD 8.3 Hyper-V Integration Components Patchset
FreeBSD 9.0 Hyper-V Integration Components Patchset
FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1 Hyper-V Integration Components Patchset
Download the patchset, then issue:
patch –p –d /usr/src < <patchsetfile>
to patch the source tree, followed by:
cd /usr/src; make kernel KERNCONF=HYPERV_VM INSTKERNNAME=kernel.HYPERV
to install the Hyper-V enabled kernel to /boot/kernel.HYPERV.
Before booting to the Hyper-V enabled kernel it’s best to use GEOM labels to mount the partitions. Follow the instructions here to do this. This makes it easy for you to quickly swap between a Hyper-V enabled kernel and a non-Hyper-V enabled kernel – the reason being the Fast IDE storage driver presents itself as a SCSI driver, changing the device node path which prevents /etc/fstab from working correctly.
It’s worth noting that although I’ve fixed the modules from compiling (compared with the git clone source I pulled down), loading them from a non-Hyper-V enabled kernel will cause a kernel panic. So you need the integration components compiled into the kernel via the HYPERV kernel option.
The other problem I’ve found is that the network driver mostly works for UDP traffic, but regularly stalls on TCP traffic. Hadn’t had a chance to debug it yet.
Very happy with the increased disk performance, the ability to get heartbeat information and the ability to cleanly shut down the guests from the Hyper-V host. Looking forward to KVP communication and a working network driver.
