kqemu runs 2x faster on i386 than amd64!?

Steve Franks stevefranks at ieee.org
Thu Oct 30 11:29:58 PDT 2008


Guess I should've mentioned the target is 32-bit win2k...

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Steve Franks <stevefranks at ieee.org> wrote:
> I'm not comparing apples-to-apples exactly, but both my disks are in
> the same system, both are running 7-stable from within the last few
> months, so it's pretty close.  Also, the i386 is a direct replacement
> of the amd64 to fix this and other problems, so the software &
> settings set is pretty identical also...
>
> kqemu crawls when I boot amd64 (and I notice the processor is always
> over 50%), and it's reasonalbly usable on i386 (also, the processor is
> often in the 30% range, instead of 60%).
>
> Steve
>


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