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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:52:28 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9front pegs CPU on VMware
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> I am running 9plan on VMware Fusion successfully, however, the CPU is
> pegged.  I've seen this before with DOS.  Basically the OS has its own idle
> loop so VMware sees it as always using CPU.  There is a patch to fix this
> issue with a DOS guest.  Any ideas with 9front?

change idlehands in /sys/src/9/pc to call halt unconditionally instead of
whatever it's doing now.

- erik