From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FO9GY-0006pT-Hg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:09:26 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FO9GS-0006if-8U for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:09:26 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FO9GR-0006ia-Vu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:09:20 -0500 Received: from [203.190.192.17] (helo=wasp.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FO9I8-00027Y-1E for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:11:04 -0500 Message-ID: <4428EF61.5010104@wasp.net.au> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:10:09 +0400 From: Brad Campbell MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] VM Memory limit with kernel-kqemu? References: <200603261448.11433.andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200603261448.11433.andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Andrew Barr wrote: > I'm running a Windows 2000 SP4 guest on a Linux 2.6.16 host with Qemu CVS and > kqemu 1.3.0pre3. I am trying to use -kernel-kqemu. I have been allocating 256 > MB of RAM to my guest (out of 768 MB total) and I have found that using that > amount of memory with -kernel-kqemu causes Windows 2000 to freeze at the > graphical boot up screen (after 'Starting Windows...') and qemu to take up > 95-100% CPU. Reducing the amount of guest RAM to 160 MB makes that problem go > away. I also tried 192 MB and that did not work. Is there a limit to the > amount of memory that may be used with the -kernel-kqemu option? > Ok I've just reproduced this with the 256M problem.... doing some more homework. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams