Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow clock in guest OS

[Sergey Bychkov]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mulyadi Santosa" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: 25.01.2008 5:11


> > I can't understand why clock in guest OS (Windows 2003) goes very slow.
>
> Are you sure the rtc freq has been made to 1024?
> # cat /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq
> should yield 1024 before you ran qemu.
>
> If yes, then we should hunt into another possibilities...

Yes, it helps, in some extent.
With rtc/max-user-freq set to 1024 and "-clock rtc" option VM now works like 
in 0.8.2 version.
Clock is slower than in host, but Windows Time server could correct this, if 
started.
Busy host or guest CPU slows down clock.

Sometimes VM hangs on start. Htop shows that qemu uses 100% of second CPU in 
user mode. Internal QEMU VNC server listens port but doesn't accepts 
connections, so vncviewer hangs too. If used GUI, is shows monitor prompt, 
that doesn't accept any keyboard input. Could be killed by Ctrl-C in console 
or 'kill -9'. May be it's different problem but they happen both on the same 
host hardware.

Sergey Bychkow
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