Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 02 February 2007, Heike C. Zimmerer wrote: >> >> As I said, I'm not at all fluent at x86 assembly language. But after >> having a look at the CPUID spec and then into the VirtualBox log, it >> seems to me that the VIA CPU announces (at 8000_0000_eax) Fn8000_0004 >> as its highest available extended CPUID function number, whereas the >> guest receives Fn8000_0006 in this place (plus there's some content in >> there). >> >> Could that be the reason why the XP installer seems to assume a CPU >> type which is different from what it is running on? > > Yes, it could. BTW, you switched host and guest: The maximum CPUID index > the guest receives is 0x80000004 while the host CPU reports 0x80000006. > Look at src/VBox/VMM/CPUM.cpp:316 -- you could try to play with these > values.
That's for the open source version. I'm interested in having it running because of some special USB device. Anyway, it is not urgent at all (I generally don't feel any urgent desire in XP). I'll try and report back, probably on the devel list, hoping it to be included in one of the next releases. Thanks so far, Heike _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
