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From: Matthew Hall <matt-Etm38r6YSMlqcVXhcSD7Ah2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
To: tim.c.chen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Problem with SMP boot
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:06:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45B99A66.4090406@castleinthesky.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1169765044.30807.19.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>

Tim Chen wrote:
> Now when I switch to qemu-system-x86_64 without kvm, the guest boots
> with all 4 cpus being specified.  
> 
>>From the boot log, it looks like it is APIC related.
> Is this a known problem?

Boot the /host/ kernel with 'noapic nolapic' and see if that makes a 
difference for you. There is a performance impact under load, but it 
made a world of difference for me when I had issues which were similarly 
kvm specific.

Matt

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-01-26  6:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-25 22:44 Problem with SMP boot Tim Chen
     [not found] ` <1169765044.30807.19.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-01-26  6:06   ` Matthew Hall [this message]
     [not found]     ` <45B99A66.4090406-Etm38r6YSMlqcVXhcSD7Ah2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-01-26 16:59       ` Tim Chen
2007-01-26 17:58   ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]     ` <45BA413F.5030307-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-01-26 17:54       ` Tim Chen
     [not found]         ` <1169834079.30807.33.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-01-27  8:40           ` Avi Kivity
2007-01-26 19:02       ` Matthew Hall
     [not found]         ` <45BA5032.6050100-Etm38r6YSMlqcVXhcSD7Ah2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-01-27  8:27           ` Avi Kivity

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