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List:       vbox-users
Subject:    Re: [vbox-users] hardware performance counters?
From:       Frank Mehnert <Frank.Mehnert () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2010-02-26 13:57:20
Message-ID: 201002261457.20860.frank.mehnert () sun ! com
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On Friday 26 February 2010, Rehan wrote:
> You probably can but if performance slows then you can switch them off
> to speed things up a bit.

This warning has _nothing_ to do with performance. If the performance
counters are active and engaged on such a Linux host then your host
can reboot under certain circumstances (NMI at the wrong time...).

Kind regards,

Frank
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