VirtualBox 4.3 host total freeze with VT-x

[mrwolf]

IIRC there was an issue with low power CPUs and this may have been fixed in the 5.0 release. It might get ported back to 4.3 but not sure when.

I am downloading the 5.0 deb now, I'd be eager to make a few tests. Thanks for the info!

[mrwolf]

It is a tad better, as starting with VT-x with default driver doesn't instantly freeze the system. However, after a while, I see same issues as when starting without VT-x on 4.3, that basically ends with CPU1 hard lockup and then to the system completely unresponsive when also the other CPU is locked up.

I briefly tested also the KVM paravirtualization driver, and got a similar experience.

I guess for now I shall only use qemu on this baytrail