From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon <carenas@sajinet.com.pe>
Subject: APIC problems with kvm-77 (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-77 release)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:08:48 -0500
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 06:18:29PM +0000, Don Parsons wrote:
> 
> Trying to boot with kvm-77 gave a debugging hint, so here is
> what I get.  Does not look informative to me though.  This was
> typed from screen (Can copy paste work?):
> 
> Startup script:
> modprobe kvm-intel; sleep 1
> /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 vdisk_fedora9.img -m 2048 -no-quit &
>         ====================
> [First boot:]
> 
> Booting 'Fedora (2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686)'
> :
> Booting the kernel.
> ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
> Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work!  Boot with
>   apic=debug and send a report.  Then try booting with the 'noapic'
>   option
>         ====================

this points to BOCHS BIOS bug, as a workaround you should be able to use the
bios.bin file from the old kvm-75 version instead.

Carlo