From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Haydn Solomon Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-51 release Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:35:32 -0500 Message-ID: <47321384.8060405@gmail.com> References: <4731F5B5.1000108@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1263161762==" Cc: kvm-devel To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4731F5B5.1000108-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1263161762== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050409060206000700080504" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050409060206000700080504 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit First , thank you for new release of kvm. I have a few problems to report with kvm-51. 1. When running an exisiting winxp ACPI multiprocessor HAL with -smp 2, sometimes it will hang on boot. 2. This may not be a major problem but cpu usage is a litte higher when idle on release 51 than 50. It was very low on 50, the lowest I've seen in a long time. 3. For me personally, the best performing release to date is release 50. Regards Haydn Avi Kivity wrote: > If you're having trouble on AMD systems, please try this out. > > Changes from kvm-50: > - fix some x86 emulator one-byte insns (fixes W2K3 installer again) > - fix host hangs with NMI watchdog on AMD > - fix guest SMP on AMD > - fix dirty page tracking when clearing a guest page (Dor Laor) > - more portability work (Hollis Blanchard, Jerone Young) > - fix FlexPriority with guest smp (Sheng Yang) > - improve rpm specfile (Akio Takebe, me) > - fix external module vs portability work (Andrea Arcangeli) > - remove elpin bios due to license violation > - testsuite shutdown pio port > - don't advertise svm on the guest > - fix reset with kernel apic (Markus Rechberger) > > > Notes: > If you use the modules bundled with kvm-51, you can use any version > of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards. > If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use > kvm-12. > If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use > kvm-17. > Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm version from > kvm-22. Some features may only be available in newer releases. > For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host. > > http://kvm.qumranet.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > adfdf --------------050409060206000700080504 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit First , thank you for new release of kvm. I have a few problems to report with kvm-51.

1. When running an exisiting winxp ACPI multiprocessor HAL with -smp 2, sometimes it will hang on boot.
2. This may not be a major problem but cpu usage is a litte higher when idle on release 51 than 50. It was very low on 50, the lowest I've seen in a long time.
3. For me personally, the best performing release to date is release 50.

Regards

Haydn

Avi Kivity wrote: 
If you're having trouble on AMD systems, please try this out.

Changes from kvm-50:
- fix some x86 emulator one-byte insns (fixes W2K3 installer again)
- fix host hangs with NMI watchdog on AMD
- fix guest SMP on AMD
- fix dirty page tracking when clearing a guest page (Dor Laor)
- more portability work (Hollis Blanchard, Jerone Young)
- fix FlexPriority with guest smp (Sheng Yang)
- improve rpm specfile (Akio Takebe, me)
- fix external module vs portability work (Andrea Arcangeli)
- remove elpin bios due to license violation
- testsuite shutdown pio port
- don't advertise svm on the guest
- fix reset with kernel apic (Markus Rechberger)


Notes:
      If you use the modules bundled with kvm-51, you can use any version
of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards.
      If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use
kvm-12.
      If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use
kvm-17.
      Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm version from
kvm-22.  Some features may only be available in newer releases.
      For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host.

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