[Bug 589063] [NEW] Windows Server 2008 won't boot with more than 4 vCPUs

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: qemu-kvm

Windows Server 2008 is loading fine in KVM on my computer when I
allocate 4 vCPUs to it (on an 8 core host). When I allocate 5 or more,
it blue-screens at start with an error about the ACPI capabilities with
a suggestion to update the machine bios.

I don't see reports of this error anywhere else, but its 100%
reproducible on my system :(

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-server 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun  3 00:56:59 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
KvmCmdLine:
 UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
 root      1836     1 72 3755651 14662328 0 00:49 ?     00:05:16 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -enable-kvm -m 14336 -smp 4 -name febclegacy01 -uuid 8c674bf0-a4c3-f9ee-9bc1-2a4bf90458c7 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/febclegacy01.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -localtime -boot c -drive file=/dev/febchost02/febclegacy01-c,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -drive file=/dev/febchost02/febclegacy01-x,if=virtio,index=0 -net nic,macaddr=00:15:5d:01:0c:01,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=virtio.0 -net tap,fd=54,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:21:63:e5,vlan=1,model=virtio,name=virtio.1 -net tap,fd=55,vlan=1,name=tap.1 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus
 root      1879     1 17 2151713 8315424 4 00:50 ?      00:01:13 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -enable-kvm -m 8192 -smp 1 -name febclegacyconvio -uuid ab320ab3-be19-8253-6d71-b16ea946e2e0 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/febclegacyconvio.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -localtime -boot c -drive file=/images/Convio-Connector.raw,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -net nic,macaddr=00:15:5d:01:0c:02,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=virtio.0 -net tap,fd=55,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -vnc 127.0.0.1:1 -vga cirrus
 root      1912     1 63 834419 3173064 5 00:50 ?       00:04:23 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -enable-kvm -m 3072 -smp 1 -name febcfiles01 -uuid 2262ea3e-abcc-b2d2-9965-e1fa2f7ad838 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/febcfiles01.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -localtime -boot c -drive file=/dev/febchost02/febcfiles01,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:a3:fc:36,vlan=0,name=nic.0 -net tap,fd=56,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -vnc 127.0.0.1:2 -vga cirrus
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 14dd:0002 Raritan Computer, Inc. 
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Supermicro X7DBN
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-server root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
dmi.bios.date: 12/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 2.1a
dmi.board.name: X7DBN
dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro
dmi.board.version: PCB Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Supermicro
dmi.chassis.version: 0123456789
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr2.1a:bd12/20/2008:svnSupermicro:pnX7DBN:pvr0123456789:rvnSupermicro:rnX7DBN:rvrPCBVersion:cvnSupermicro:ct1:cvr0123456789:
dmi.product.name: X7DBN
dmi.product.version: 0123456789
dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro

** Affects: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Windows Server 2008 won't boot with more than 4 vCPUs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589063
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