From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:21:39 -0500 Message-ID: <48568503.90607@codemonkey.ws> References: <20080616150550.GA16086@deprecation.cyrius.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Martin Michlmayr Return-path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.240]:21129 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752904AbYFPPV5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:21:57 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so1207191and.103 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:21:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20080616150550.GA16086@deprecation.cyrius.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Martin Michlmayr wrote: > When I start a guest in vmplayer, my laptop locks up hard. I found > out that this only happens when the kvm-intel module has been loaded. > When I unload this module, I can start vmware guests just fine. > > I see this problem on a HP Compaq 2510p notebook with Intel Core2 Duo > U7600 @ 1.20GHz, but http://laptop006.livejournal.com/41314.html > describes exactly the same problem on a Lenovo T61 (custom build), > Core 2 T7500 on a Santa Rosa. I've seen this with at least 2.6.24 and > 2.6.25. > > I don't have a serial console, but I started VMplayer and > immediately switched to the console but nothing is displayed > (i.e. no kernel panic; it simply locks up hard). > > Any idea if this is a kernel bug, BIOS issue or a bug in VMplayer? > This has been fixed in the latest KVM code base AFAIK. Regards, Anthony Liguori