Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:35:25 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd under qemu - slow Message-ID: <334F868B-0CBF-490F-8090-4CD47082122F@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <1106102346110.1931@smasher> References: <1106102346110.1931@smasher>
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On Jun 10, 2011, at 6:14 AM, Atom Smasher wrote: > new laptop: > LENOVO, 4313CTO, ThinkPad T510 > Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz > Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Arrandale > 4G RAM (DDR3-10600) >=20 > old laptop: > Acer, Navarro, Aspire 5100 > AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 1995.02-MHz > 2.5G RAM >=20 > apparently video on freebsd isn't yet working out with the Arrandale, = so i'm running ubuntu on the newer laptop and trying to get freebsd = running under qemu. it's working, but it's painfully slow. a few CPU = benchmarks show my old laptop running ten times faster!!! >=20 > CPU benchmarks between ubuntu on the new hardware and freebsd on the = old hardware, ubuntu is running about twice as fast. i'd hope to get = freebsd/qemu running at least as fast as the old hardware. >=20 > am i doing something wrong, or is this as good as it gets? Are you using the hardware virtualization acceleration features of qemu? = Are they enabled in your BIOS? I found they made a huge difference on = VirtualBox (which you might also try: it has worked for me better than = qemu) Warner=
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