On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 10:41 +0800, Yunfeng Zhao wrote: > Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 05:27:32PM +0800, Yunfeng Zhao wrote: > > > > > >> One new issue: > >> 1. booting smp windows guests has 30% chance of hang > >> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=1910923&group_id=180599 > >> > > > > > >> Platform Woodcrest > >> CPU 4 > >> Memory size 8G' > >> > > > > Is that a CPU with FlexPriority? > > > > > Yes, it has FlexPriority.
We have some minor issues with FlexPriority (mainly crashes after 100+ reboots). Can you try the following patch that disables flex priority: Author: Uri Lublin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu Mar 6 17:38:11 2008 +0200 kvm: vmx: for 4.0 disable Flex-Priority and always use Avi's tpr optimization Signed-off-by: Uri Lublin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 76c4508..bc8dc16 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static inline int cpu_has_secondary_exec_ctrls(void) static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_virtualize_apic_accesses(void) { + return false; /* disable Flex-Priority, use Avi's tpr optimization */ return (vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl & SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES); } > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel