On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 11:54 PM Cleber Rosa <cr...@redhat.com> wrote:
> While working on the "boot_linux_console.py" tests, after a given > rebase, I noticed that the ppc64 specific test began timing out. The > original timeout set to the test was 60 seconds, and it "always" had > room to spare when running either on my system, or on Travis CI. > > Hi, As reported on IRC on 31-01, performance loss also occurs with qemu-system-ppc: "I noticed a substantial performance loss (~35% in processor benchmark) in qemu-system-ppc running Mac OS 9.2. Bisecting shows that https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/f7b78602fdc6c6e4befc90159da8e93900b4bcb1 introduces the issue. Reverting brings performance back." For a benchmark screen shot see: https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/M1o9rcNCt3QQ3I7 Best, Howard