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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:21:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48568503.90607@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080616150550.GA16086@deprecation.cyrius.com>

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



  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-16 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-16 15:05 Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started Martin Michlmayr
2008-06-16 15:21 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2008-06-17 12:39   ` Martin Michlmayr
2008-06-17 13:16     ` Anthony Liguori
2008-06-17 13:32       ` Martin Michlmayr
2008-06-17 13:44         ` Martin Michlmayr
2008-06-17 14:02           ` Javier Guerra
2008-06-17 15:29         ` Alan Cox
2008-06-17 18:09         ` Anthony Liguori
2008-06-18 13:56           ` Avi Kivity
2008-06-18 20:59             ` Anthony Liguori
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-06-18 19:05 devzero
2008-06-18 19:52 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-06-19  1:08   ` Eli Collins

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