[Qemu-devel] Re: Crash with WinXP when kqemu is enabled

[Jano]

Alejandro Pulver wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I am using qemu-0.82 with kqemu-kmod-1.3.0.p9 in a FreeBSD
> 6.1-RELEASE-p1 host OS (I have tried with and without optimization
> hacks, and also the 20061026 snapshot).
> 
> I have created a disk image and installed Windows XP Professional SP1
> EN (with kqemu disabled) as the guest OS.
> 
> When I start the VM with the -kernel-kqemu option the guest OS crashes
> after the "Welcome" screen and reboots.
> 
> Is this a known problem?

I'd say it is. I installed an XP in a linux host without -kernel-kqemu. Then
I activated it and I started to get many random crashes on boot and some
deterministic ones when using msiexec.exe in several software
installations.

Once I remove the -kernel-kqemu it works again flawlessly.