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pfSense v2.2-Alpha on Xen

Notes on booting pfSense with FreeBSD 10 on a Xen v4.1 host

Tests done with a 4G VGA embedded image.

Xen Config

#
#  pfSense 2.2/FreeBSD 10 OpenVPN appliance
#
name = 'rust'

builder='hvm'
pvh=1
xen_platform_pci=1

maxmem = 2048
memory = 768
vcpus=2

# The pfSense box is in it's own DMZ
vif = [ 'bridge=br125, mac=00:aa:0a:14:19:02, type=paravirtualised' ]

#
#
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/disk/by-path/ip-fd0c:898b:471c:65::2:3260-iscsi-iqn.2013-07.nz.co.lucidsolutions:vm-rust-lun-0,xvda,w' ]

#
# Use VNC for the console.
#
vnc=1
vncunused=0
vnclisten = '10.20.9.2'
vncdisplay=8
vncconsole=1
vncpasswd='password'

vncviewer=0
sdl=0

on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'

During installation the installation CD ROM is also configured as a disk device with:

'file:/xen/iso/pfSense-LiveCD-2.2-DEVELOPMENT-amd64-20140711-0623.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' 

Links

Appendices

Boot log (with Qemu)

Copyright (c) 1992-2014 The FreeBSD Project.
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        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE #34 e852cd6(HEAD)-dirty: Wed Jun 25 10:51:57 CDT 2014
    root@pf22-amd64-snap:/usr/obj.amd64/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.10 amd64
FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610
XEN: Hypervisor version 4.1 detected.
CPU: Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2350 (2000.25-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x100f23  Family = 0x10  Model = 0x2  Stepping = 3
  Features=0x1781fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
  Features2=0x81a02001<SSE3,CX16,x2APIC,POPCNT,TSCDLT,HV>
  AMD Features=0xe2500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
  AMD Features2=0x1f3<LAHF,CMP,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch>
real memory  = 2139095040 (2040 MB)
avail memory = 2033008640 (1938 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: <Xen HVM>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  2
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1
MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI
ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-47 on motherboard
iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff805f0fb0, 0) error 1
wlan: mac acl policy registered
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff805cab10, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff805cabc0, 0) error 1
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff805cac70, 0) error 1
iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff805f0e50, 0) error 1
iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff805f0f00, 0) error 1
random: <Software, Yarrow> initialized
kbd1 at kbdmux0
xen_et0: <Xen PV Clock> on motherboard
Event timer "XENTIMER" frequency 1000000000 Hz quality 950
Timecounter "XENTIMER" frequency 1000000000 Hz quality 950
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
padlock0: No ACE support.
acpi0: <Xen> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: Sleep Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 62500000 Hz quality 950
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0xb008-0xb00b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX3 WDMA2 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xc220-0xc22f at device 1.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0
uhci0: <Intel 82371SB (PIIX3) USB controller> port 0xc200-0xc21f irq 23 at device 1.2 on pci0
usbus0: controller did not stop
usbus0 on uhci0
pci0: <bridge> at device 1.3 (no driver attached)
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff,0xf3000000-0xf3000fff at device 2.0 on pci0
vgapci0: Boot video device
xenpci0: <Xen Platform Device> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem 0xf2000000-0xf2ffffff irq 28 at device 3.0 on pci0
xenstore0: <XenStore> on xenpci0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: does not respond
device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
ppc0: <Parallel port> port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc9000-0xc97ff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
fdc0: No FDOUT register!
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
xenbusb_front0: <Xen Frontend Devices> on xenstore0
ugen0.1: <Intel> at usbus0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
xenbusb_add_device: Device device/suspend/event-channel ignored. State 6
xn0: <Virtual Network Interface> at device/vif/0 on xenbusb_front0
xn1: <Virtual Network Interface> at device/vif/1 on xenbusb_front0
random: unblocking device.
xenbusb_back0: <Xen Backend Devices> on xenstore0
xctrl0: <Xen Control Device> on xenstore0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ugen0.2: <QEMU 0.10.2> at usbus0
xn0: backend features: feature-sg feature-gso-tcp4
xn1: backend features: feature-sg feature-gso-tcp4
xbd0: 4096MB <Virtual Block Device> at device/vbd/768 on xenbusb_front0
xbd0: attaching as ada0
xbd0: features: flush, write_barrier
xbd0: synchronize cache commands enabled.
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense1 [ro,sync,noatime]...
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