From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S339Y-00089I-T2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:22:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S339O-00016b-C7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:22:28 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38375) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S339O-00016V-3m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:22:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:22:14 +0200 From: Gleb Natapov Message-ID: <20120301102214.GD10743@redhat.com> References: <4F4F2CBA.5040309@suse.de> <3A86468A-6AB3-49ED-A76E-87F203711439@suse.de> <20120301095409.GB10743@redhat.com> <16D28582-FE68-466E-ACA1-D33690584B4E@suse.de> <20120301101111.GA12093@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows 8 fails to boot List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jun Koi Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Alexander Graf , Andreas =?utf-8?Q?F=C3=A4rber?= On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 06:15:54PM +0800, Jun Koi wrote: > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:08:17AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> > >> On 01.03.2012, at 10:54, Gleb Natapov wrote: > >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:46:37AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On 01.03.2012, at 09:00, Andreas F=C3=A4rber wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Hi, > >> >>> > >> >>> Am 01.03.2012 05:24, schrieb Jun Koi: > >> >>>> anybody tested Qemu with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview? > >> >>>> > >> >>>> i tried the 32-bit ISO file with 1.0.1, with and without -enable-= kvm, > >> >>>> and Qemu reboots immediately after the first screen. that is no m= ore > >> >>>> than 10 seconds into the boot. > >> >>> > >> >>> Alex has posted patches that supposedly make AHCI boot work. > >> >> > >> >> Yes, but TCG mode also failed on me. I only tried the x64 version t= hough. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > Why AHCI is needed? I was able to install it on ide (qemu-kvm -cpu > >> > host). > >> > >> It's not needed, it's just faster. Andreas was trying to say that I di= d run Windows 8, because I had it working with AHCI. :) > >> > >> > > Ah, got it. Well, I confirm that it runs, but installing it was the lea= st > > pleasant computer experience I ever had, so why bother? :) > > >=20 > ok, i can confirm that -cpu host work for me. >=20 > so still we must fix the bug with default cpu option, right? >=20 It would be nice to understand what's wrong with it, yes. I am used to the fact that qemu defaults are unusable. -- Gleb.