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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/5] rtc: add -rtc clock=rt
From: |
Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/5] rtc: add -rtc clock=rt |
Date: |
Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:08:11 +0100 |
This will let people use backwards-compatible semantics for devices that
will be affected by the following patches.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
---
qemu-options.hx | 7 ++++---
vl.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index b129996..44af861 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@ DEF("localtime", 0, QEMU_OPTION_localtime, "",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("startdate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_startdate, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("rtc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_rtc, \
- "-rtc [base=utc|localtime|date][,clock=host|vm][,driftfix=none|slew]\n" \
+ "-rtc [base=utc|localtime|date][,clock=host|rt|vm][,driftfix=none|slew]\n"
\
" set the RTC base and clock, enable drift fix for clock
ticks (x86 only)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
@@ -2452,8 +2452,9 @@ format @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or @code{2006-06-17}.
The default base is UTC.
By default the RTC is driven by the host system time. This allows to use the
RTC as accurate reference clock inside the guest, specifically if the host
time is smoothly following an accurate external reference clock, e.g. via NTP.
-If you want to isolate the guest time from the host, even prevent it from
-progressing during suspension, you can set @option{clock} to @code{vm} instead.
+If you want to isolate the guest time from the host, you can set @option{clock}
+to @code{rt} instead. To even prevent it from progressing during suspension,
+you can set it to @code{vm}.
Enable @option{driftfix} (i386 targets only) if you experience time drift
problems,
specifically with Windows' ACPI HAL. This option will try to figure out how
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 4a77696..510609e 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ static void configure_rtc(QemuOpts *opts)
if (value) {
if (!strcmp(value, "host")) {
rtc_clock = host_clock;
+ } else if (!strcmp(value, "rt")) {
+ rtc_clock = rt_clock;
} else if (!strcmp(value, "vm")) {
rtc_clock = vm_clock;
} else {
--
1.7.7.6
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] Make rt_clock usage configurable for ARM devices, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/5] pl031: rearm alarm timer upon load, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/5] pl031: switch clock base to rtc_clock, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/5] arm: switch real-time clocks to rtc_clock, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/5] omap: switch omap_lpg to vm_clock, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/5] rtc: add -rtc clock=rt,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] Make rt_clock usage configurable for ARM devices, Peter Maydell, 2012/03/05