colima: v0.4.1: x86_64 getting stuck with qemu64 cpu

Updated colima from 0.3.4 to 0.4.1. Did colima delete and colima start (colima start --arch amd --cpu 4 --memory 4 to be precise). Got

FATA[0642] error starting vm: error at 'creating and starting': exit status 1

Here is log after starting: serial.log

macOS version 12.3.1 CPU Apple M1 Max colima version 0.4.1 lima version 0.10.0 qemu version 6.2.0_1

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Yes, I’m using it to run https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-mssql-server. You mean that with the kvm64 it’ll be slower than it was with default params of 0.3.4?

@abiosoft thanks heaps for this. It’s much better.

I deleted the old one, installed the --head version, and created a new one with the following command (no --cpu-type to make sure it works without it, and it did work):

colima start --arch x86_64 --cpu 4 --memory 4 --disk 60

And then my timings were at least 50% less. You can compare this pic with above screenshots:

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The actual container performance, seems much improved as well, as you see waiting for SQL Server to start and running a. handful small scripts now takes half a minute (last number) instead of 3.5+ minutes.

Thanks again.

can anyone confirm if the latest development version brew install --HEAD colima works as desired.

@Meligy thanks for the feedback, I would investigate a bit more.

@abiosoft, yes, I know about slowness of emulation. But currently it’s the only option for testing with mssql that have full text search feature.

@rfay, thanks, will put!