From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 10 14:38:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FCA3106566C for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D47208FC12 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.30.101.53] ([209.117.142.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p5AEZXt6043563 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:35:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <1106102346110.1931@smasher> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:35:25 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <334F868B-0CBF-490F-8090-4CD47082122F@bsdimp.com> References: <1106102346110.1931@smasher> To: Atom Smasher X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (harmony.bsdimp.com [10.0.0.6]); Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:35:35 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd under qemu - slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:38:31 -0000 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=