Re: Ubuntu Gutsy host / XP guest / -smp 2

[David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>>>>         
>>> Versions of kvm producing this sort of output are common in
>>> archaeological digs.  Please try a more recent release.
>>>     
>>
>> Well, I'll try Hardy Heron soon enough, I suppose.  It's due out in 2
>> weeks.
>>
>> I'm sure you understand that most people can't afford to rebuild all
>> their important software so that it stays on the bleeding edge.  Have
>> you considered getting more recent versions of kvm into the updates or
>> backports repositories of major distros?  I'm not really sure how much
>> influence you can have over such things; I'm just asking.
> 
> That's up to the distro maintainers, or concerned users (who may either
> volunteer work or apply pressure).

Well Hardy is due out, like, tomorrow or something.  Its kvm seems to be
much newer.

>>>>> What HAL do you see in device manager?
>>>>>             
>>>> "Standard PC"
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> This HAL does not support SMP.  You need the "ACPI Multiprocessor PC"
>>> HAL or some such.
>>>     
>>
>> And how would I get that HAL set up?
>>
>>   
> 
> Follow http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Windows_ACPI_Workaround,
> substituting your desired HAL for "Standard PC".

Thanks.

>>> Unless you have a recent Intel processor, the combination of SMP and
>>> Windows XP will give noticeably lower performance.  I recommend sticking
>>> with uniprocessor in such cases.
>>>     
>>
>> I have a Core Duo; isn't that recent enough?
>>   
> 
> No, this feature is present only on some of the Core 2s, IIRC.

Huh.  What is the feature called?


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