Yes I'm the same person. :) Currently I am using /usr/share/ovmf/x64/ovmf_code_x64.bin built from arch user repo package ovmf-git on 5 Apr 2016. When I was reporting the issues, I was using edk2.git-ovmf-x64-0-20160324.b1635.gf0bbcdf.noarch.rpm from the Gerd repo.
CPU on the host had a single core pegged during the poor performance. Multiple distros was referring to the host, sorry for the ambiguity. I also tried arch linux on a guest just to see if it was a win7 iso issue, the xml dump was dumped at a moment I had that arch ISO loaded. I just rebuilt ovmf-git 18308.8207d79-1 (Thu Apr 7 20:04:21 PDT 2016) and the issue still exists, I see that it is being addressed. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this project, I enjoy the product very much. If there is any more info I can provide, please ask. On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 04/07/16 20:24, Jordan Justen wrote: > > On 2016-04-07 08:07:35, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > >> I like the diffstat on this one. > >> > > > > :) > > > > Series Reviewed-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> > > Thanks. Committed as aa47e5297851..4a392a451d4d. > > > Ray, > > > > I noticed one possible issue. With the new driver, did we lose this > > commit? > > > > commit 1fd376d979221e9765dbec215916f5a6ab92879f > > > > PcAtChipsetPkg/PciHostBridgeDxe: Improve KVM FIFO I/O read/write > performance > > I think so. Apologies for not noticing it. :( > > I hope that Ray can resurrect / reapply the C code directly from the > commit you reference above, and the assembly (in NASM syntax) from > 6026bf460037 and ace1d0517b65. > > > Laszlo, > > > > Someone was reporting slowness with the Windows 7 ISO on irc a few > > days back. Maybe this is the cause? > > > > I don't think this would impact virtio performance. > > I think you are referring to the following discussion on April 4th: > > > <Naruni> hello, im having performance issues when using ovmf > > (OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd from gerd hoffman repo) in QEMU > > emulator version 2.3.0 (Debian 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2) > > > > <Naruni> the specific issue im having is slow performance while trying > > to install win7, the initial screen 'loading windows files' > > is very slow and im only getting about 1 MB/sec disk IO > > according to iotop > > > > <Naruni> if i use a VM in bios mode it operates at full performance > > > > <Naruni> this behavior is the same across multiple distros (ubuntu, > > debian, arch, and gentoo) > > > > <Naruni> kvm is enabled and working according to qemu monitor > > > > <lersek> Naruni, what kind of virtual disk are you using? Are you > > using virtio-blk or virtio-scsi with OVMF as well? > > > > <lersek> Naruni, also, I guess the best "advice" I can give at the > > moment is: "just use the most recent upstream QEMU release". > > Unfortunately, "Naruni" didn't respond (I'll admit that I noticed his > question only 90 minutes later or so). > > However, I am now putting this together with an email, on the vfio-users > list (also April 4th): > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/2016-April/msg00029.html > > The description is practically identical, so I'm thinking the same user > reported it. I'm adding the email address from the latter message to the > Cc list now. Mark, are you Naruni? :) > > Unfortunately, the report doesn't name the version of Gerd's OVMF RPM in > use. It also doesn't say whether the CPU was pegged while experiencing > the slow performance. > > The "multiple distros" comment in the IRC report is not clear -- does > that mean multiple distros as guests, or hosts? I guess it's the former; > first, the host is reported as "QEMU emulator version 2.3.0 (Debian > 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2)", while the domain XML pasted into Mark's email > lists an ArchLinux installer ISO (i.e., guest). > > The domain XML clarifies another thing: the CD-ROM is IDE, not > virtio-scsi. Also, there is no other disk drive (of any kind). > > Let me see if I can reproduce this, and perhaps bisect it. > > Mark, if you want to follow up on this list (= edk2-devel), please note > that first you will have to subscribe to the list (and await the > confirmation), at <https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel>. > > Thanks > Laszlo >
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