[libvirt] Is it possible to use more then 2 CPUs in the guest?

Gerrit Slomma roadrunner_gs at web.de
Thu Aug 6 01:11:46 UTC 2009


Mirko Raasch schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> in my server i use an Intel Quad Core CPU and i want to use in one 
> WindowsXP guest all 4 cores.
> The device manager shows four CPU (Qemu Virtual CPU version 0.10.5).
> When i start prime95 or superpi, only 2 of them are in use. CPU-Z 
> shows also 2 Cores, instead of 4 like the device manager.
>
> How can i use all four cores in the guest?
>
> Greetings
>
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As i assumed:

Windows XP SP2 only sees 2 Cores, Windows 2008 HPC sees 4 Cores. I 
ommited the Windows 7 Beta.
The qemu-cpu counts as a socket towards Windows XP
Question for the two Daniels: Is there a plan to chose a CPU type that 
is provided by the kvm? And would that help in the least?

Gerrit.




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