Description of problem: qemu-kvm can not execute winxp vm with -vga std or -vga vmware Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): qemu-0.10-7.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use a winxp disk image to start qemu-kvm with -vga std or -vga vmware 2. 3. Actual results: $ sudo qemu-kvm -vga std -boot c -hda winxp.raw create_userspace_phys_mem: Invalid argument kvm_cpu_register_physical_memory: failed Expected results: Additional info: I checked the code. the problem is because of qemu register a vga bios mem region without 4k mem align. If I change the mem align to 4K, qemu-kvm can execute Linux vm with -vga std successfully. But for winxp, I can see the bios screen, but can not boot up winxp successfully.
Thanks - this is a known issue and Glauber is working to get it fixed upstream *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 494376 ***
Ah, sorry Peng - I see it was you that started the discussion on qemu-devel with a patch :-)