Re: faster boot with -no-kvm?

David Abrahams
2007-04-12T14:35:34Z

on Thu Apr 12 2007, "Dor Laor" <dor.laor-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w-AT-public.gmane.org> wrote:

>>When I start my Windows VM with -no-kvm, it seems to boot much more
>>quickly than without. Also there's a long period, right after the VM
>>changes its screen resolution from the 640x480 used for Windows' boot
>>screen to 1280x1024, where the VM's screen goes all white. Is this
>>all normal?
>
> I think the longer boot time with kvm might be caused by the slow white
> Screen drawing.
> Avi solved it elegantly by aliasing the mmio memory to regular ram.
> There was no official kvm release so you'll need to get update from the
> git.
> Maybe it's a good reason for a new fresh release.

I'm all for getting as much good stuff released as possible before the
ubuntu feisty beta cycle ends :)

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