From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 3 13:21:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2945E106564A for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 13:21:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: from onelab2.iet.unipi.it (onelab2.iet.unipi.it [131.114.59.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71218FC0C for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 13:21:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by onelab2.iet.unipi.it (Postfix, from userid 275) id 5C18E7300A; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:41:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:41:23 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Bernhard Fr?hlich Message-ID: <20120803134123.GA52965@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <501A323E.6000106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <1343972667.4952.5.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1343972667.4952.5.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD Current , "Hartmann, O." Subject: Re: VirtualBox: Eating up 100% CPU, freezing Windows 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:21:21 -0000 On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 07:44:27AM +0200, Bernhard Fr?hlich wrote: > On Fr.,?? 3. Aug. 2012 06:18:33 CEST, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Hartmann, O. > > wrote: > > > I discover that when running Windows 7 in a VirtualBox On FreeBSD 10 > > > (r238968: Wed Aug 1 14:26:40 CEST 2012), VBox is most recent from the > > > ports, that the VirtualBox eats up 100% CPU time and freezes Windows 7 > > > for more than a minute. For a minute or so, I can work, then, the > > > freeze occurs again. > > > > > > I can't see this behaviour with a Ubuntu Guest on the same box. Is > > > there Windows 7 specifica to be aware of? > > > > I am seeing the same thing. Also Win7 guest with Windows showing idle > > process at 99%, but my system is showing VB at 100%. The VM is only > > running a single CPU, so FreeBSD is still running OK, but the Win7 > > system seems to freeze up periodically. > > > > 9.1-PRERELEASE on amd64 updated yesterday (though it has been this way > > since VB was updated to 4.1.18. Guest additions for 4.1.18 > > installed.All ports current. I'm thinking of backing off to 4.1.16. > > Can someone confirm that this is a regression in 4.1.18? Then I could talk to upstream and see if I can get that adressed. Could it be a case of kernel and virtualbox modules out of sync ? I do see occasional crashes with virtualbox in both the host and guest, but a reinstall of in-sync kernel and modules usually fixes them. cheers luigi