Re: kvm-76 --std-vga problem

[Michael Malone <michael.malone@tait.co.nz>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Michael Malone wrote:
>>
>> 1) what is the difference between running qemu-system-x86_64 and kvm 
>> directly?
>> Because, when I run kvm directly, I get this error:
>>
>
> The kvm script was mostly a development tool.  I don't actually use it 
> anymore.  The main drawback is that you have to teach it about all 
> qemu options, and there are many; the only value it provides is 
> reloading the module (useful when you make changes), and not requiring 
> the bios to be installed.
>
>> 2) (this has been around for quite some time, I just haven't done 
>> anything about it)
>> Even though I start up with -smp 2, windows only reads 1 cpu
>
> What HAL does Windows use? (Device Manager, properties on the Computer 
> object)
>
Yes, Glauber Costa pointed that one out to me.  It is using the 
Uniprocessor HAL and I am about to re-install Windows to get around that 
one.  Thanks though!

Michael

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