VirtualBox

Opened 11 years ago

Closed 11 years ago

#11672 closed defect (wontfix)

Guest's access to SSE/MMX/etc. CAN'T be disabled

Reported by: waddlesplash Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 4.2.10
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Windows

Description

BeOS, for example, does not work at all on AMD processors because of some bug in BeOS about AMD's SSE implementation. Running the same VM on a computer with an Intel processor solves the problem, but I'd like to be able to run VirtualBox on computers with AMD processors.

With AMD-V enabled, BeOS hangs. Without it, I get a "guru meditation" message.

Can we please have an option in the VM settings to disable the guest's access to SSE and other processor acceleration features?

Change History (4)

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 11 years ago

Restricting the capability of the virtual CPUs is already possible. Have a look at the user manual section 8.8.5 (Teleportation settings) and look for --cpuid. Don't worry about the section title.

comment:2 by waddlesplash, 11 years ago

But there's no way to change it from the GUI.

Version 0, edited 11 years ago by waddlesplash (next)

comment:3 by Frank Mehnert, 11 years ago

There will be no GUI option as this is only for experienced users. And for the CPU features, just check the documentation for the CPUID CPU instruction.

comment:4 by Frank Mehnert, 11 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed
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