Re: kvm somehow exempt from frequency scaling?

Avi Kivity
2007-04-12T03:35:31Z

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Wed Apr 11 2007, David Abrahams <dave-UB3wUj7V41K5azolltMz9laTQe2KTcn/-AT-public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>>> Does qemu behave differently if you use -no-kvm?
>>>
>> Haven't tried that one yet.
>>
>
> Newsflash: yes, it does. The VM keeps using cycles at a normal rate
> even when not on a visible workspace. This problem appears to be
> KVM-specific.
>

Amazing.

Can you strace a hung vm and post the log?

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