| 5 | | * set 'VBoxManage setextradata "<VM Name>" "VBoxInternal/NEM/UseRing0Runloop" 0' |
| 6 | | -- this changed the behavior to a worse state. The VM started somewhat but either locked up completely pretty soon (or became so slow that I couldn't distinguish from a locked state) |
| 7 | | * increased the number of virtual CPUs to 6 (the physical number on my machine) |
| 8 | | -- this did not solve the soft-lockup but improved the situation somewhat in that the locked CPUs get woken up more regularly by activity on other CPUs (I guess). It lowers the probability that all CPUs lock up at the same time and bring the whole VM to a halt. |
| | 5 | - set 'VBoxManage setextradata "<VM Name>" "VBoxInternal/NEM/UseRing0Runloop" 0' |
| | 6 | this changed the behavior to a worse state. The VM started somewhat but either locked up completely pretty soon (or became so slow that I couldn't distinguish from a locked state) |
| | 7 | - increased the number of virtual CPUs to 6 (the physical number on my machine) |
| | 8 | this did not solve the soft-lockup but improved the situation somewhat in that the locked CPUs get woken up more regularly by activity on other CPUs (I guess). It lowers the probability that all CPUs lock up at the same time and bring the whole VM to a halt. |
