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Message-ID: <48568503.90607@codemonkey.ws>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:21:39 -0500
From:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
To:	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> When I start a guest in vmplayer, my laptop locks up hard.  I found
> out that this only happens when the kvm-intel module has been loaded.
> When I unload this module, I can start vmware guests just fine.
>
> I see this problem on a HP Compaq 2510p notebook with Intel Core2 Duo
> U7600 @ 1.20GHz, but http://laptop006.livejournal.com/41314.html
> describes exactly the same problem on a Lenovo T61 (custom build),
> Core 2 T7500 on a Santa Rosa.  I've seen this with at least 2.6.24 and
> 2.6.25.
>
> I don't have a serial console, but I started VMplayer and
> immediately switched to the console but nothing is displayed
> (i.e. no kernel panic; it simply locks up hard).
>
> Any idea if this is a kernel bug, BIOS issue or a bug in VMplayer?
>   

This has been fixed in the latest KVM code base AFAIK.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


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