thanks to #22 it works and save my day :)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228442
Title:
KVM eats 100% CPU, Host Hardy64, Guest XP with more than 1 VCPU
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the comment #22 works perfectly with my xp VMs - I also set only one
vcpu and acpi+apic enabled on these VMs
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KVM eats 100% CPU, Host Hardy64, Guest XP with more than 1 VCPU
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228442
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Windows XP does not allow changing from non-acpi to acpi hal:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315278
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283
But as a workaround you can go to
Device Manager -> Computer -> MPS Multiprocessor
and update the driver to Standard PC.
This will give 1 idle processor
Downgrading to confirmed/low based on that : this bug is fixed in virt-
manager, but KVM could still refuse to try to do multiple VCPU when ACPI
is disabled (rather than trying and failing at it).
** Changed in: kvm (Ubuntu)
Importance: High => Low
** Changed in: kvm (Ubuntu)
Status: In
virt-manager (actually virtinst) correctly enables ACPI now for WinXP on
kvm. Marking fix released for virt-manager.
** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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KVM eats 100% CPU, Host Hardy64, Guest XP with more than 1 VCPU
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2284
I believe this is a known issue for Windows XP VM's.
Do you have hardware virtualization?
Many older CPU's do not have support for virtualization and this is known to
cause Windows XP x32 VM's to run the processing power all the way up. Vista
and XP x64 have support for 'lazy IRQL' which allows
** Changed in: kvm (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Incomplete
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KVM eats 100% CPU, Host Hardy64, Guest XP with more than 1 VCPU
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> Marking this bug against virt-manager.
Well, that's just silly:
> If you disable ACPI, you can't do SMP.
Then kvm should refuse to try, surely?
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