On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 02:42:36PM -0500, Joshua Brand wrote: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing performance issues with OpenBSD 6.1 and 6.2 when running on > qemu 2.10 (machine type "pc-i440fx-2.10"). > > The symptoms are that some simple commands become quite slow or > unresponsive. For example: "vmstat -w 1", or "iostat -w 1", and "top -s 1". > I assume this is something related to timing within the kernel. I've tried > compiling a "CUSTOM" kernel to change kern.clockrate "hz" from "100" to > "1000", but this didn't eliminate the latency. > I'm not sure if you generally support qemu, but any advice or suggestions > would be appreciated. This behavior wasn't present when running OpenBSD 6.1 > or 6.2 with previous versions of qemu 2.x. > > Below are the steps taken to reproduce this issue: > > 1. Install qemu on a host server. > 2. Create a VM with hardware type "pc-i440fx-2.10". > 3. Install OpenBSD from the "install61.iso" or "install62.iso" > > Let me know if you require any additional information. >
What is the host system? > Thanks, > > -- > Joshua Brand > Systems Administrator >
