From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Malone Subject: Re: kvm-76 --std-vga problem Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:52:17 +1300 Message-ID: <48E3D4F1.9040205@tait.co.nz> References: <48DFFABE.8060304@tait.co.nz> <48E32B21.1040807@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: kvm mailing list To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from gatekeeper.tait.co.nz ([202.37.96.11]:48793 "EHLO gatekeeper.tait.co.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753462AbYJATwX (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:52:23 -0400 Received: from gatekeeper.tait.co.nz (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.tait.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7059F4675C for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:52:21 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from sunstrike.tait.co.nz (sunstrike [172.25.40.92])by gatekeeper.tait.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF2446755for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:52:21 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from conversion-daemon.sunstrike.tait.co.nz by sunstrike.tait.co.nz(Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 (built Apr 28 2004))id <0K8200701OZCD100@sunstrike.tait.co.nz>(original mail from michael.malone@tait.co.nz) for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Thu,02 Oct 2008 08:52:21 +1300 (NZDT) In-reply-to: <48E32B21.1040807@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================