On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 02:47:10AM +0000, SlowServers Admin wrote: > On Fri Oct 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM UTC, Mike Larkin wrote: > >> I think I see what is going on. you have nrips but no decode assist and > >> vmd is > >> failing to fallback to the software fetch path. let me take a look. > >> > >> -ml > > > > can you try this on the host? > > > > Index: usr.sbin/vmd/x86_vm.c > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/vmd/x86_vm.c,v > > diff -u -p -r1.27 x86_vm.c > > --- usr.sbin/vmd/x86_vm.c 22 Sep 2026 20:20:57 -0000 1.27 > > +++ usr.sbin/vmd/x86_vm.c 2 Oct 2026 19:31:47 -0000 > > @@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ vcpu_exit_eptviolation(struct vm_run_par > > "bytes from 0x%llx", __func__, pa); > > break; > > } > > + ve->vee.vee_insn_len = len; > > } > > > > ret = insn_decode(ve, &insn); > > Hi Mike, > > That works! Thank you so much!! > > Tested on both of my 8.0-snapshot hosts. > > I installed the new vmd. Then vmctl start -c worked right away. > > I also rebooted and VMs came up without issue. > > Now I can continue testing. I really appreciate your work > supporting my older hardware! >
thanks for the report. likely would have missed it otherwise. -ml > bragi# vmctl start -c bit > Connected to /dev/ttyp2 (speed 115200) > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading...... > probing: pc0 com0 mem[576K 3070M a20=on] > disk: hd0+ > >> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.68 > \ > com0: 115200 baud > switching console to com0 > >> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.68 > boot> > ... > > slowservers0# vmctl start -c sevennine > Connected to /dev/ttyp2 (speed 115200) > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading...... > probing: pc0 com0 mem[576K 766M a20=on] > disk: hd0+ > >> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.68 > \ > com0: 115200 baud > switching console to com0 > >> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.68 > boot> > booting hd0a:/bsd: 22828981+4793360+451512+0+1380352 > [2082391+128+1546392+1242988 > ]=0x20beae0 > entry point at 0xffffffff81001000 > [ using 4872928 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > Copyright (c) 1995-2026 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. https://www.OpenBSD.org > > OpenBSD 7.9 (GENERIC) #399: Wed May 6 13:01:58 MDT 2026 > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC > ... >
