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  • 1.  ESXi on ARM 8.0U3b emulated 64k

    Posted Oct 31, 2024 07:30 PM

    Hey there!

    Could it be that in the transition of ESXi on ARM 7 to 8 it lost support of emulating 64k processors on a 4k processor (Raspberry Pi 4b)?

    I was able to start RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 VMs before the upgrade.
    Now it's showing the following message on boot:

    Thanks for still driving this great project!

    Cheers, Lukas



  • 2.  RE: ESXi on ARM 8.0U3b emulated 64k

    Posted Dec 17, 2024 12:12 PM

    Hello,

    I'm facing exactly same issue when trying to install RHEL 8.X on ARM 8 (fling 2.0). It's working on previous fling version ( ARM 7)

    If someone found a solution or explanation ? 

    Thank you,

    Nicolas F




  • 3.  RE: ESXi on ARM 8.0U3b emulated 64k
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 20, 2024 01:27 PM

    Hi,

    The question has been raised in the ESXi-Arm Fling community as well: https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/question/rockyrhel-8x-support-on-esxi-arm-fling-803-243644

    The short answer is that a Fling v2.1 update is coming soon, and will have a vmx config option to allow 16 KB and 64 KB granules.

    Cyprien




  • 4.  RE: ESXi on ARM 8.0U3b emulated 64k

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 20, 2024 02:05 PM

    Update is live!

    see https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/viewdocument/esxi-arm-fling-21-refresh?CommunityKey=b75c6afd-0c0c-4f39-89a4-018ed3a892d3




  • 5.  RE: ESXi on ARM 8.0U3b emulated 64k

    Posted Dec 23, 2024 09:36 AM

    Hi Cyprien,

    Thanks a lot for exposing this feature!

    Lukas