vboxdrv HPET warnings

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Guyver
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vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Guyver »

I am getting the following in my /var/adm/messages file...

vboxdrv: [ID 542971 kern.notice] HPET: using timer above configured range: 3

it occurs each time I boot a VM.

Solaris 11.1, VBOX 4.2.4 - Lenovo T510 - the rest as previously disclosed in the threads about USB devices appearing/disappearing...
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Perryg »

vboxdrv: [ID 542971 kern.notice] HPET: using timer above configured range: 3
I don't think HPET is enabled by default. Have you enabled it or checked that it is enabled?

Check status:

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VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> --details
Turn on/off

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VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--hpet on|off]
Guyver
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Guyver »

That's the odd part... it's disabled in the VM - yet, I can consistently get the message in /var/adm/messages if I reboot the VM....
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Perryg »

That is odd. Maybe Ramshanker will drop by and can explain.
Guyver
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Guyver »

I've turned hpet on and off in the vm, restarting the VM after each change. The message gets logged regardless of setting.
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Guyver »

It's a Windows 7 Pro - 64bit guest OS - if that makes any difference at all.
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Ramshankar »

Could you please post the full VBox.log for the VM?
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by mpack »

Ramshankar wrote:Could you please post the full VBox.log for the VM?
... as a compressed attachment please (e.g. .zip), to avoid hitting the limits on file size.
Guyver
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

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Will do soon as I get back into the office...
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Re: vboxdrv HPET warnings

Post by Guyver »

Here is the file, 7z'ipped per request

Host machine updated to Solaris 11.1 SRU1.4 - HPET: messages continue to show up in /var/adm/messages
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