Frank Mehnert wrote:

> 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

Oh, well that raises the question, am I turning off some important features 
doint this?


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