Re: kFreeBSD vm guest causing high cpu load

2011-09-17 Thread Robert Millan
2011/9/16 David Watson : > So my question is how can I change the timer frequency of the kFreeBSD > kernel? Actually is there any way to confirm the timer frequency is the > issue? Does the FreeBSD kernel support the kernel parameter divider=N? If > so, how do I add that parameter? That is, where d

Re: kFreeBSD vm guest causing high cpu load

2011-09-16 Thread Benjamin Kaduk
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, David Watson wrote: So my question is how can I change the timer frequency of the kFreeBSD kernel? Actually is there any way to confirm the timer frequency is the issue? Does the FreeBSD kernel support the kernel parameter divider=N? If so, how do I add that parameter? That

kFreeBSD vm guest causing high cpu load

2011-09-16 Thread David Watson
Hi I'm running Debian GNU/kFreeBSD (kernel: 8.2 amd64) as a guest using VirtualBox (4.0.12) on a Windows 7 Professional host. I also have several other vms, including Debian GNU/Linux (kernel: 3.0.0 amd64). My physical machine is an AMD 64-bit hexa-core with 12GB ram. Now normally, when I have no