Re: kern/43262: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun VirtualBox (vbox)

[George Georgalis <george%galis.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/43262; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: George Georgalis <george%galis.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/43262: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun
 VirtualBox (vbox)
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 08:28:31 -0700

 On Thu 06 May 2010 at 08:15:05 AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >The following reply was made to PR kern/43262; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 07:55:00PM +0000, george%galis.org@localhost wrote:
 >  > Sun VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware.
 >  > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
 >  > 
 >  > Unfortunately, a netbsd install drops to the netbsd debugger.
 > 
 > I thought this had been fixed...? Did it break again, or was it only
 > current that started working, or ...?
 
 I failed to mention a very important bit. It is purported to work
 with VT-x/AMD-V enabled, unfortunately my hardware doesn't have
 that.  To reproduce the problem that needs to be disabled in the
 virtual machine preferences or the VirtualBox host bios.
 
 > You may also be able to find more information by searching the
 > current-users or tech-kern archives.
 
 I could try current today.... but this is the thread I think you
 refer to, it ends with
 
 from   Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>
 cc     current-users%netbsd.org@localhost
 date   Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:02 AM
 subject        Re: VirtualBox and Current
 
 i386-current (5.99.20) is working perfectly under VirtualBox 3.08,
 including Xorg.
 
 That is, if your host has AMD or Intel virtualization extensions, of course