Re: [kvm-devel] [KVM] ANNOUNCE: new kvm userspace release

2006-11-10 Thread Jeff Carr
On 11/10/06 07:47, Avi Kivity wrote: >> Time runs at about half speed inside a linux guest. > > Hmm. What are the guest's and host's CONFIG_HZ? Both 250. 2.6.17 in this case (debian sarge). The time is normal without kvm.

Re: [kvm-devel] KVM name?

2006-11-10 Thread Brett Johnson
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 15:33 -0700, Brett Johnson wrote: > On 2006-11-10 02:35:00 GMT, Anthony Liguori wrote: > > This was bound to come up eventually, but perhaps KVM isn't the best > > name since it's overloading a rather commonly used acronym. > > How about "XINXEN"? (Xinxen Is Not XEN ;o) Or

Re: [kvm-devel] KVM name?

2006-11-10 Thread Brett Johnson
On 2006-11-10 02:35:00 GMT, Anthony Liguori wrote: > This was bound to come up eventually, but perhaps KVM isn't the best > name since it's overloading a rather commonly used acronym. How about "XINXEN"? (Xinxen Is Not XEN ;o) -- Brett Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Avoid using vmx instruction directly

2006-11-10 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > On 11/10/06, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Or gcc >> >> might move the assignment of phys_addr to after the inline assembly. >> >> >> > "asm volatile" prevents that (and I'm not 100% sure it's necessary). >> >> No, it won't necessarily. "asm volat

Re: [kvm-devel] compilation on ubuntu 32 bit host?

2006-11-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Gildas wrote: > 2006/11/10, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Gildas wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Has anyone managed to compile kvm on an ubuntu 32 bit host? (using the >> > tarball kvm-2 available on sourceforge) >> > >> > >> >> >> [...] >> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/install/kvm-2$ make >> > make -C k

Re: [kvm-devel] compilation on ubuntu 32 bit host?

2006-11-10 Thread Gildas
2006/11/10, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Gildas wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone managed to compile kvm on an ubuntu 32 bit host? (using the > tarball kvm-2 available on sourceforge) > > [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/install/kvm-2$ make > make -C kernel > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gn1/ins

Re: [kvm-devel] Etherboot problems

2006-11-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Simon Kagstrom wrote: > At Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:49:05 +0200, > Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Very likely this is due to VT's inability to virtualize real mode >> correctly. Is anyone in the mood to extend x86_emulate.c to support >> real mode? >> > > I found what caused the problems for the ethe

Re: [kvm-devel] compilation on ubuntu 32 bit host?

2006-11-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Gildas wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone managed to compile kvm on an ubuntu 32 bit host? (using the > tarball kvm-2 available on sourceforge) > > [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/install/kvm-2$ make > make -C kernel > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gn1/install/kvm-2/kernel' > make -C /lib/modules/`

Re: [kvm-devel] Install problems

2006-11-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Alex Iribarren wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install KVM on one of my machines and I'm having some > problems. I'm on a RHEL4.4 based distro with a 2.6.9-42.0.3 unpatched > kernel. I've followed the HOWTO instructions, but when I run make the > KVM module isn't built. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] kvm-2]#

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] KVM: fix calculation of initial value of rdx register

2006-11-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Hesse, Christian wrote: > You are right this was with CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G, not CONFIG_HIGHMEM*6*4G. > Changed > that in the config an reran the test. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep Hugepagesize /proc/meminfo > You don't have hugetlbfs compiled in. No matter. > *** pre launch > *

Re: [kvm-devel] [KVM] ANNOUNCE: new kvm userspace release

2006-11-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Jeff Carr wrote: > On 11/09/06 07:23, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Changes: >> - much easier to get running, see updated HOWTO >> - now just one download, get yours while supplies last >> - single qemu binary for kvm and non-kvm runs (Anthony Liguori) >> - accompanying external kernel module p

Re: [kvm-devel] Etherboot problems

2006-11-10 Thread Simon Kagstrom
At Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:49:05 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Very likely this is due to VT's inability to virtualize real mode > correctly. Is anyone in the mood to extend x86_emulate.c to support > real mode? I found what caused the problems for the etherboot startup and it now works fine (well, I'

Re: [kvm-devel] compilation on ubuntu 32 bit host?

2006-11-10 Thread Anthony Liguori
Gildas wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone managed to compile kvm on an ubuntu 32 bit host? (using the > tarball kvm-2 available on sourceforge) > My system is a ubuntu 6.06 installed on a macbookpro, using ubuntu > kernel 2.6.15-27-686 > > I have the following packages installed: > - zlib1g-dev 1.2.3-6u

[kvm-devel] Install problems

2006-11-10 Thread Alex Iribarren
I'm resending this email because it didn't make it the first time. I apologize if now it gets sent twice. Hi, I'm trying to install KVM on one of my machines and I'm having some problems. I'm on a RHEL4.4 based distro with a 2.6.9-42.0.3 unpatched kernel. I've followed the HOWTO instructions, but

[kvm-devel] compilation on ubuntu 32 bit host?

2006-11-10 Thread Gildas
Hi, Has anyone managed to compile kvm on an ubuntu 32 bit host? (using the tarball kvm-2 available on sourceforge) I have the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/install/kvm-2$ ./configure --qemu-cc=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 ls: /usr/bin/gcc3*: No such file or directory Install prefix/usr/local BIOS direc

[kvm-devel] Install problems

2006-11-10 Thread Alex Iribarren
Hi, I'm trying to install KVM on one of my machines and I'm having some problems. I'm on a RHEL4.4 based distro with a 2.6.9-42.0.3 unpatched kernel. I've followed the HOWTO instructions, but when I run make the KVM module isn't built. [EMAIL PROTECTED] kvm-2]# make make -C kernel make[1]: Enteri

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] KVM: fix calculation of initial value of rdx register

2006-11-10 Thread Hesse, Christian
On Thursday 09 November 2006 14:01, Avi Kivity wrote: > Hesse, Christian wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 09:28, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Okay. Please try to apply the two patches I posted yesterday. I don't > >> see how they can help, but it's worth trying. > > > > Ok, here is the log. Thi