I didn't notice this till you mentioned it. I'm also running windows xp 32
bit and seeing much higher cpu usage on kvm-36 as opposed to very low on
kvm-35.
On 8/22/07, Gunther Persoons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I noticed the idle cpu usage for kvm-36 running windows xp 32 bit as
> guest is much higher.
> For kvm-35 this was around 2-4%, running kvm-36 it's 22% - 26%.
>
> 2007/8/22, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > The lapic branch is still stalled on smp, but Windows x64 and large
> > memory support are each a good reason for a release, so here's kvm-36.
> >
> > Changes from kvm-35:
> > - support guests with more than 2GB of RAM on 64-bit hosts (Izik Eidus)
> > - fix rare host oops on guest context switch
> > - avoid smp_call_function_single() warning on suspend/resume
> > - more real mode emulator work (Nitin A Kamble)
> > - Windows x64 support (Sheng Yang)
> > - close minor signal handling race
> > - carry bios in kvm source tree for easier maintenance
> > - fix -std-vga (Uri Lublin)
> > - advertise kvm in vnc window title (Matthew Kent)
> > - fix Windows SMP guests consuming cpu time when idle (Igor Lvovsky)
> >
> > Notes:
> > If you use the modules bundled with kvm-36, you can use any version
> > of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards.
> > If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use
> > kvm-12.
> > If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use
> > kvm-17.
> > Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm version from
> > kvm-22. Some features may only be available in newer releases.
> > For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host.
> >
> > http://kvm.qumranet.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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