Re: Commit f06e4ec breaks vmware

[Petr Vandrovec]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> sad to say, but f06e4ec... breaks booting the kernel in vmware 
> (bisected). Booting just stops after
>
> 	Checking for 'hlt' instruction...
>
> commit f06e4ec1c15691b0cfd2397ae32214fa36c90d71
> Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Date:   Wed Jan 30 13:32:39 2008 +0100
>
>     x86: read_tsc sync
>     
>     make native_read_tsc() always non-speculative.
>
>
> Any debugging hintss?

It does not make lot of sense...  What is processor (AMD/Intel, VT/SVM, 
...), kernel (32/64), and product?

Can you try adding

monitor_control.disable_rdtscopt_bt="TRUE"

or

monitor_control.virtual_rdtsc="FALSE"

to your configuration file?
					Thanks,
						Petr


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