Re: Windows XP on AMD X2

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

Franco Spinelli wrote:
> After installing XP on my AMD X2 machine using "fast formatting" tip, I 
> am now using it for some test.
>
> Some network questions:
>
> - without any "-net" option I get a "user" config, I can see my physical
>    gateway and browse internet but I can't see my LAN share - is this
>    correct?
>   

You should be able to see your LAN.  Try with an ip address if name 
resolution does not work (\\10.0.0.1\share).

> - with "-smb /somedir" I get also access to my LAN share - is correct?
>   

You get access to a directory on the host.  See the qemu manpage for 
details.

> - emulated nic is a RTL8109 at 10 Mb/Half Duplex - is correct?
>   

Yes (though the speed settings aren't enforced).

> Some disk questions:
>
> - AutocadLT 2007 don't install, stopping after .NET framework
>    installation - no CPU and no disk I/O activity but no freeze
>    In XP log there is an event with a problem in wuaueng.dll. I have
>    already installed this program in a Vmware XP virtual machine
>    Using standard qemu without KVM (and  without kqemu) give me same
>    result.
>   

In that case it's a qemu problem.  Please inform qemu-devel.

> Some USB tablet problems:
>
> - mouse is correctly working but is step-moving
>   

In qemu/hw/usb-hid.c, look for the lines

    /* Temporarily increase usb polling interval to prevent cpu
     * saturation (3 ms is way too often for kvm) */
    0x33,       /*  u8  ep_bInterval; (255ms -- usb 2.0 spec) */

Try to reduce the value from 0x33 to some lower value.  There are also 
some potential interactivity improvements coming up.

> Some CD problem
>
> - if there is no CD in drive, XP don't start using a -cdrom directive,
>    putting a CD in drive make it to start.
>   

Most likely a qemu problem.


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