Neal,

On Friday 26 February 2010, Neal Becker wrote:
> I see these messages on fedora f12:
>
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: Warning: 2.6.31+ kernel
> detected. Most likely the hardware performance
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: counter framework which can
> generate NMIs is active. You have to prevent
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: the usage of hardware
> performance counters by
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: vboxdrv:   echo 2 >
> /proc/sys/kernel/perf_counter_paranoid
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: VBoxDrv: dbg -
> g_abExecMemory=ffffffffa0c16dc0
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: fAsync=0 offMin=0x1a2
> offMax=0x1259
> Feb 26 07:00:59 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: TSC mode is 'synchronous',
> kernel timer mode is 'normal'.
>
>
> But vbox seems to work fine.  Should I ignore these messages?

If you are using the PUEL version from our website then the script
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv does exactly this and you can ignore the message.

Kind regards,

Frank
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