Re: Qemu setting "-cpu host" seems broken with Windows vms

2024-01-19 Thread xtec
So finally tested with this: -cpu host,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time,-vmx The used hyper-v enhancements are the ones generally recommended for Windows vms. Overall it seemed to really work: the performance was like bare metal, and the BSOD second problem was also gone (for th

Qemu setting "-cpu host" seems broken with Windows vms

2023-12-28 Thread xtec
I noticed something weird when using "-cpu host" with Windows vms. First, I always use it along with ",hv_passthrough" as well. First, performance: since some years ago, since prior to qemu 6.2 until latest 8.2, win10 and win11 vms always worked slower than expected. This could be noticed by co