From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Cave-Ayland Subject: Re: WinXP virtual crashes on 0.12.1.2 but not 0.12.1.1 Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:08:58 +0000 Message-ID: <4B44C3AA.1000308@siriusit.co.uk> References: <4B43643F.8090303@siriusit.co.uk> <4B4373A8.8050807@redhat.com> <4B44731A.4020405@siriusit.co.uk> <4B448513.6070505@redhat.com> <4B448715.9000602@siriusit.co.uk> <4B4489F5.4000409@redhat.com> <4B44B018.90003@siriusit.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from ra.siriusit.co.uk ([217.207.197.130]:32833 "EHLO ra.siriusit.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754844Ab0AFRJP (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:09:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4B44B018.90003@siriusit.co.uk> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > A quick search took me to this page here: > http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/10/24/484461.aspx > which explains the issue in more detail. I first tried disabling the > intelppm driver and rebooting, but that didn't make a difference; > however disabling the Processor driver worked and my guest VM booted in > Normal Mode :) I've just re-created the KVM image fresh from the VDI image once again and can confirm that disabling just the Processor driver is enough to allow the guest WinXP VM to function in qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2. Perhaps the default for "-cpu host" should not be changed in a micro release as there is a risk of breaking existing VMs? ATB, Mark. -- Mark Cave-Ayland - Senior Technical Architect PostgreSQL - PostGIS Sirius Corporation plc - control through freedom http://www.siriusit.co.uk t: +44 870 608 0063 Sirius Labs: http://www.siriusit.co.uk/labs