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On 04/28/2012 01:24 AM, Matthew Marlowe wrote: |
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> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Markos Chandras |
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> <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On 04/27/2012 11:45 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>>> On 27/04/12 22:35, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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>>>> I replaced my Phenom II cpu with a new 6-core AMD bulldozer. |
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>>>> However, I noticed that all of my Gentoo virtual machines |
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>>>> throw (compiler) segmentation faults when building or running |
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>>>> any application. |
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> I'm not familiar with virtualbox, but I've seen similar issues |
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> occur with vmware and the solution was to at least temporarily mask |
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> whatever new cpu flags the new hypervisor was passing to the guest. |
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> In vmware, one could limit the cpu flags to maintain compatibility |
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> with various cpu releases which was especially helpful in |
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> clusters.... Yes, your gentoo vms should have been fine ..but at |
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> least until you track down the issue, see if virtualbox has a |
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> similar feature? |
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I don't see an obvious way to manipulate the cpu flags in virtualbox |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |
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