Hi,

I'm facing the same problem here.

A Windows XP (SP3 + all current Updates) which uses constantly ~95% CPU on 
each core.

I've already tried:
- Using only 1 core
- Replacing the HAL in Windows
- Using another KVM version
- Using different timer options for KVM

I'm currently on KVM-85 where the problem still exists.

Regards, Elias P.


On Wednesday 13 May 2009 02:41:38 Ross Boylan wrote:
> I just installed XP into a new VM, specifying -smp 2 for the machine.
> According to top, it's using nearly 200% of a cpu even when I'm not
> doing anything.
>
> Is this real CPU useage, or just a reporting problem (just as my disk
> image is big according to ls, but isn't really)?
>
> If it's real, is there anything I can do about it?
>
> kvm 0.7.2 on Debian Lenny (but 2.6.29 kernel), amd64.  Xeon chips; 32
> bit version of XP pro installed, now fully patched (including the
> Windows Genuine Advantage stuff, though I cancelled it when it wanted to
> run).
>
> Task manager in XP shows virtually no CPU useage.
>
> Please cc me on responses.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.