The system is very slow to do anything, even browse a local folder, and CPU sits at 100% frequently.
Guest is XP 32 bit. Host is Scientific
Linux 6.2, Libvirt 0.10,
Guest XP OS shows ACPI Multiprocessor HAL and a virtIO driver for NIC and SCSI. Installed.
CPUInfo on host:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 42
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 3200.000
cache size : 8192 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 8
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips : 6784.93
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
<memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0'>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.3.0'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
<model fallback='allow'>SandyBridge</model>
<vendor>Intel</vendor>
<feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
<feature policy='require' name='tm2'/>
<feature policy='require' name='est'/>
<feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
<feature policy='require' name='osxsave'/>
<feature policy='require' name='smx'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ds'/>
<feature policy='require' name='tsc-deadline'/>
<feature policy='require' name='dtes64'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ht'/>
<feature policy='require' name='pbe'/>
<feature policy='require' name='tm'/>
<feature policy='require' name='pdcm'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/>
<feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/>
<feature policy='require' name='acpi'/>
<feature policy='require' name='monitor'/>
<feature policy='force' name='sse'/>
<feature policy='force' name='sse2'/>
<feature policy='force' name='sse4.1'/>
<feature policy='force' name='sse4.2'/>
<feature policy='force' name='ssse3'/>
<feature policy='force' name='x2apic'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='localtime'>
<timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/Server-10-9-13.qcow2'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
