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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration
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Jan Kiszka |
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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration |
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Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:40:07 +0200 |
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Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Dor Laor wrote:
>>
>>> I'm in favor of sticking to clock=vm as a default.
>>> Most chances that the guest will have internet connect and the host (ala
>>> rom hypervisor) won't have.
>>>
>
> Default behaviors only really matter for unmanaged environments. An
> isolated hypervisor in a rom is most certainly a managed environment.
> As long as there is the ability to do clock=vm, setting clock=host by
> default should be fine.
I still do not get why we need clock=vm here...
>
>> Except for Jamie's case of extending some license runtime, I really see
>> no real use for RTC based on vm_clock anymore. There is some reason why
>> other RTCs are already based on the host clock.
>>
>
> In general, behaving like real hardware by default and supporting odd
> use-cases with additional options seems like a good policy to me.
>
...but if this case shall be covered, I'm going to respin my series and
add the config switch. (I was just hoping to get a round it.)
Jan
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- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Anthony Liguori, 2009/09/09
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Jan Kiszka, 2009/09/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Anthony Liguori, 2009/09/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Jamie Lokier, 2009/09/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Jan Kiszka, 2009/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Dor Laor, 2009/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Jan Kiszka, 2009/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Anthony Liguori, 2009/09/14
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration,
Jan Kiszka <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Markus Armbruster, 2009/09/09
Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/09/10
[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration, Blue Swirl, 2009/09/09