It does not make running the VM faster as such, so don't expect any performance boosts with this change. However, there can be some situations which might exceed the OS-dependent entries-per-queue limit.
To more decouple processing own VBox events from the application's native event queue this new implementation was introduced. On 07.10.2013 16:42, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > Why is this important? For running more VMs simultaneously or running > one VM faster? > > On Oct 7, 2013 4:27 PM, "Andreas Löffler" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > on some OSes (like Windows) the application's main event queue is > limited to hold up to a certain amount of events at once by default. > > With the new event queue it's now possible to store (and thus > process) more events without the limitation mentioned above. And: > No, it shouldn't have any downsides really :-). > > Hope this helps, > Andreas > > > On 07.10.2013 15:48, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > > From 4.3 BETA changelog: > • Main: new event queue implementation which does not use the host’s > native event queue for processing VirtualBox events anymore > > ... why is this important and what are the effects ? Any downsides ? > > > -- > Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > ******************************__******************************__****** > Andreas Löffler | VirtualBox Engineering > Senior Software Engineer | Oracle Virtualization > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Werkstrasse 24 > D-71384 Weinstadt, Germany > > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > Green Oracle <http://www.oracle.com/__commitment > <http://www.oracle.com/commitment>> > Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that > help protect the environment > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > -- Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen ****************************************************************** Andreas Löffler | VirtualBox Engineering Senior Software Engineer | Oracle Virtualization ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Werkstrasse 24 D-71384 Weinstadt, Germany Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher Green Oracle <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the environment _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
