Cpu load high with idle OS/2 guests

[ts@…]

Still exists in 1.5.4:

Host: Ubuntu 7.04 Guests: os/2

Idle Agents still consume 30-40% of a cpu core.

I tried to uninstall almost every BASEDEV/DEVICE driver in the os/2 config.sys and dont start any application in the guest, but still these unused machines consume a lot of CPU power.

I also uninstalled TIMER0.SYS (the os/2 high frequency timer , 1ms resolution) but no change...

thomas

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Which OS/2 version is that? We haven't seen any issues with MCP2.

[ts@…]

its os/2 warp 4.5 (convenience package) , here is the syslevel output:

Convenience Package - OS/2 Warp Basisbetriebssystem Version 4.52 Component ID 5639A6101 Type 0C Current CSD Level: XRG4502

What is MCP2? Please give me a note about the environment you used (Host OS , os/2-guest version) i wanna try out here. A copy of your "config.sys" would be great too. thomas

[ts@…]

Any advise for me? What is MCP2 , which hardware did you use? Some special settings used?

[Sander van Leeuwen]

MCP2 = convenience pack 2. Just a VT-x capable machine; default settings. No changes made to config.sys after install. Works out of the box. Not only for us, but also others.

[ts@…]

ok, thanks. We use the same, CP2. And correct, it works without changes out of the box with VT-X = on on our Intel Doublecore Machine.

But an idle machine consumes 30-40% CPU.

[Frank Mehnert]

Can we close this bug now since you experience a better idle load with VirtualBox 1.6.4?

[ts@…]

can be closed. With VirtualBox 1.6.4 and Solaris 10u4 CPU load of idle os/2 guest is less than 1% on AMD-Quadcore, AMD-V enabled.