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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Dmitry Krivenok <krivenok.dmitry@gmail.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Don Slutz <Don@cloudswitch.com>
Subject: Re: KVM guest OS reports zero CPU frequency via /proc/cpuinfo
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:03:40 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130302010340.GA28128@amt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJN_NGbs1h8LG3Qudt4+XKGq-v9nkmzs63j0VQfH1VDV+bHYWA@mail.gmail.com>


https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-10/msg02269.html

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 01:25:04AM +0400, Dmitry Krivenok wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I encountered an odd issue with running VMWare .vmdk image inside KVM.
> 
> I run KVM as follows
> qemu-kvm -hda ./guest.vmdk -m 4096
> 
> and guest OS (SLES11) boots fine, but reports zero CPU freq via
> /proc/cpuinfo (cpu MHz):
> 
> 
> 
> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> processor       : 0
> 
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> 
> cpu family      : 6
> 
> model           : 2
> 
> model name      : QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.15.1
> 
> stepping        : 3
> 
> cpu MHz         : 0.000
> 
> cache size      : 4096 KB
> 
> fpu             : yes
> 
> fpu_exception   : yes
> 
> cpuid level     : 4
> 
> wp              : yes
> 
> flags           : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm up rep_good
> nopl pni cx16 popcnt lahf_lm
> 
> bogomips        : 2088.96
> 
> clflush size    : 64
> 
> cache_alignment : 64
> 
> address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> 
> power management:
> 
> $
> 
> 
> 
> I tried to convert .vmdk to qcow2 image and also tried different
> –cpu=<MODEL> options, but I always get zero frequency in this guest.
> 
> Another guest (Ubuntu in native qcow2 image) works fine and reports
> correct cpu frequency, so I only see this problem with this particular
> .vmdk image.
> 
> 
> 
> I’m running
> 
> QEMU emulator version 0.15.1 (kvm-0.15.1-0.17.3), Copyright (c)
> 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> 
> on SLES11-SP2 host (3.0 kernel + patches).
> 
> This problem is critical for me because by guest runs a binary which
> relies on non-zero CPU freq in /proc/cpuinfo.
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> Sincerely yours, Dmitry V. Krivenok
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      reply	other threads:[~2013-03-02  1:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-19 21:25 KVM guest OS reports zero CPU frequency via /proc/cpuinfo Dmitry Krivenok
2013-03-02  1:03 ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]

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