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Opened 17 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

#638 closed defect (duplicate)

IO APIC eat 100% (32 bits guests) -> duplicate of 4392

Reported by: Alexey Kuznetsov Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 2.2.0
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: other

Description

Fedora 7 host, Macbook Pro. If i enable option IO APIC VirtualBox eat all CPU, independ my windows guest work or in idle state.

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Change History (21)

comment:1 by Sander van Leeuwen, 16 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Try again with 1.6.x please and reopen if necessary.

comment:2 by overspam@gmail.com, 16 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: closedreopened

I have this problem on an Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit host with Windows XP as the guest - with io apic enabled, the host has 100% cpu used, while the guest is using next to nothing (0-5%). This is happening with 1.6.0. Disabling IO APIC makes the cpu usage disappear, though it's a Windows install I share with my real hardware so I'd like to leave it enabled in Windows.

comment:3 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

Version: VirtualBox 1.5.0VirtualBox 1.6.0

comment:4 by Carl Thompson, 16 years ago

I have this same problem with a FreeBSD 6.2 guest on an OpenSuse 10.3 host.

in reply to:  4 comment:5 by Carl Thompson, 16 years ago

Replying to clipcarl:

I have this same problem with a FreeBSD 6.2 guest on an OpenSuse 10.3 host.

I should state that I have confirmed the problem on VirtualBox 1.6 and 1.6.2.

comment:6 by Fabian, 15 years ago

Can confirm this on amd64 ubuntu 8.10 host with xp64 win guest. (hardware: lenovo T61)

comment:7 by Fabian, 15 years ago

(running Vbox 2.0.4)

comment:8 by Sander van Leeuwen, 15 years ago

Summary: IO APIC eat 100%IO APIC eat 100% (32 bits guests)
Version: VirtualBox 1.6.0VirtualBox 2.0.4

Fabiangebert: This defect only applies to 32 bits guests. I doubt your problem is related to the IO-APIC.

comment:9 by Gabor Guzmics, 15 years ago

I can confirm this behaviour with native installed Windows XPSP2 run through VirtualBox. It eats up 95-101% of CPU at all times.

  • installed windows xp first in virtual box on native drive - without apic - ran well - no cpu problems. but could not boot for itself (xp needs apic for core2duo afaik).
  • installed windows xp natively and ran it through virtualbox (same setup, but now have to enable apic, since native xp always needs apic on core2), and/or installed windows xp in the virtual box with apic/acpi, same result, eats up cpu.

host: ubuntu 8.10 32bit guest: win xp sp2 32bit config: intel core2duo t8100 2.2 ghz

disabling stuff does not resolve issues. my workaround at the moment is setting the cpu to powersafe mode, so at least it only eats up a 800mhz core instead of 2.1ghz.

comment:10 by Alexey Kuznetsov, 15 years ago

confirm bug persist

host: fedora 10 guest windows xp sp3 (native installed)

comment:11 by Gabor Guzmics, 15 years ago

bug persists in 2.1.0

comment:12 by Gabor Guzmics, 15 years ago

however CPULimit can be used to limit the process' cpu as a temporary solution. No problems in the target client detected.

tried with 75% and 50% limitation.

comment:13 by Gabor Guzmics, 15 years ago

bug persists in 2.1.4

comment:14 by Sander van Leeuwen, 15 years ago

Version: VirtualBox 2.0.4VirtualBox 2.2.0

comment:15 by Sander van Leeuwen, 15 years ago

Useful video that shows step by step how e.g. to change the HAL: http://www.vernalex.com/guides/sysprep/video.shtml

(from defect #1299)

comment:16 by tomchiverton, 15 years ago

This is still present in v3.0. Could the install of the VirtualBox tools to a WindowsXP guest not change this for users ?

by nemo34, 15 years ago

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by nemo34, 15 years ago

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comment:17 by perkas, 15 years ago

The problem persist in 3.0.6 version, using Ubuntu 9.0.4 as guest and windows XP as host (Intel cuad core with VT enabled).
I have to disable IO APIC.

comment:18 by Sander van Leeuwen, 15 years ago

Resolution: duplicate
Status: reopenedclosed

See #4392 for a more complete description and status update.

comment:19 by Sander van Leeuwen, 15 years ago

Summary: IO APIC eat 100% (32 bits guests)IO APIC eat 100% (32 bits guests) -> duplicate of 4392
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