VMs will never work on HP N54L machines

[ryanhunt]

Hi everyone,

I've been waiting and hoping to get bhyve support for my trusty N54L machine since I was first testing Corral. I've managed to get Linux VMs to boot, but never managed to get a Windows machine to boot in bhyve via FreeNAS.

I checked today the updated docs for FreeNAS 11.0-U3 and found this nugget of information in the VMs section:

AMD K10 “Kuma” processors include POPCNT but do not support NRIPS, which is required for use with bhyve. Production of these processors ceased in 2012 or 2013.

So, according to this page the CPU found in the N54L is a 'K10' family CPU and thus not compatible with bhyve.

Totally frustrated, and confused, but at least I now have my answer. Looks like it's finally time to upgrade/retire my N54L to a more modern, and well supported, CPU/machine so I can run some Windows virtual machines.

Thanks again all

Ryan.

 

[m0nkey_]

I noticed this a while back and requested the information be included in the documentation.