Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm userspace release 6

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Dor Laor wrote:
>   
>> Windows XP Professional works, but only if I turn off ACPI (-no-acpi).
>> The only thing that fails is poweroff/reboot (well, no ACPI, no way to
>> turn off the power, right?) but you can do that manually. If I turn
>>     
> ACPI
>   
>> on, I get a bluescreen complaining about "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL",
>> whatever that means.
>>
>>     
>
> KVM has an issue with APIC. Currently the APIC is implemented within
> Qemu.
> I will send a patch that moves the APIC into the kernel that fixes the
> problem you had above by the end of the week *so stay tuned*.
> There is a simple workaround detailed in the KVM faq.
>
>   

The -no-apic option seems to be an even easier workaround.  I'll update 
the faq.

It also explains why some of my guests don't have a problem -- they were 
installed with a pre-acpi qemu, hence they don't use the apic hal.

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