On February 2, 2012 at 2:21 PM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2012-02-02 14:18, Erik Rull wrote: > > > > On February 1, 2012 at 11:05 PM Erik Rull <erik.rull@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Jan Kiszka wrote: > >>> On 2012-02-01 13:52, Erik Rull wrote: > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> first of all I'm a bit confused: > >>>> > >>>> What is the difference between qemu with command line option > > --enable-kvm > >>>> and qemu-kvm? > >>>> It seems to be a difference in code so far, from the performance point > > of > >>>> view it seems to be the same... > >>>> > >>>> Now my issue that lead me to a git bisect on qemu-kvm: > >>>> The following commit / merge breaks my windows guest boot sequence and > >>>> causes resets infinitely: > >>> > >>> Cannot confirm yet, but I have no ACPI-free Windows installation at > >>> hand. Where does it reset, after the BIOS? > >>> > >>>> ec757c67c40a56492001487e69272f62144fd124 Merge branch 'upstream-merge' > > into > >>>> next > >>>> Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:00:07 +0000 (13:00 +0200) Avi > > Kivity<avi@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Interesting: qemu with --enable-kvm master and the same command line > >>>> options as qemu-kvm runs perfect. > >>>> My command line options are: > >>>> qemu-system-x86_64 -serial /dev/ttyS2 -readconfig > > /etc/ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg > >>>> -device usb-host,bus=ehci.0 -device usb-tablet -drive > >>>> file=/dev/sda2,cache=off -m 1024 -net nic,macaddr=$MACADDR -net > >>>> tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -no-acpi -monitor stdio -L > > /usr/X11R6/share/qemu > >>>> -boot c -localtime > >>> > >>> Is the BIOS at /usr/X11R6/share/qemu in sync with the qemu version you > >>> try? Does leaving out options change the picture? > >>> > >>> Jan > >>> > >> > >> It happens directly after the windows boot progress bar is completed (I > >> boot without logo) > >> > >> With the -no-kvm-irqchip it seems to be fine... > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Erik > > > > > > Hi Jan, > > > > I tested with an ACPI-enabled windows. > > Results: > > -no-acpi: Continuous reboots like the no-acpi-windows-version > > without -no-acpi: boots! > > > > So I tested the no-acpi-windows-version without -no-acpi option - still > > rebooting > > And without -no-acpi and -no-kvm-irqchip => works again > > Interesting. Need to install such a version, I guess. > > What about no-acpi-windows and upstream qemu with kvm and -machine > kernel_irqchip=on? > > Jan Boots with and without -no-acpi Best regards, Erik P.S. Too many options for me :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
