Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-17 release

Carsten Emde
2007-03-24T13:06:36Z

Michael,

>>>> With respect to the Core Duo, this is the best release I've seen so far:
>> Unfortunately, kvm-17 was less successful here. FC6 did not boot any
>> longer after I upgraded from kvm-16 to kvm-17, so I was rather surprised
>> when I read the above message. [..]
> But it was the first release that worked with both Net- and FreeBSD as
> well as Solaris.
Yes, of course. I certainly did not mean to question your merits.

> Probably the same problem that killed Knoppix in -17 (-16 worked fine). [..]
> Oh by the way: Knoppix 5.2 behaves the same way as 5.1.1. With -17, it
> hangs before the penguin logo appears on the framebuffer.
Do you have one of these Knoppix handy to check whether moving the line
in question in kvm_main.c:1578 solves the problem?

>> This is the test system:
>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz, Chipset: Intel 975X
> There's quite a difference between Core Duo and Core 2 Duo.
Yes, indeed.

> Did the host and/or guest run in 64-bit mode, by the way?
32-bit.

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Carsten Emde <C.Emde-Q945KHDl0DbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>