[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] Re: timer_mode default change?!?
Actually I thought we'd agreed to change the timer_mode default to 1. Is there a better value? Zero seems a poor default to return to. -- Keir On 30/9/08 21:25, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Huh? "Most guests" means Windows? AFAIK, *no* Linux hvm > guest prefers timer_mode==1. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Xen patchbot-unstable >> [mailto:patchbot-unstable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:00 AM >> To: xen-changelog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] hvm: Default timer_mode=1 (do >> not delay virtual time for missed >> >> >> # HG changeset patch >> # User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx> >> # Date 1222445376 -3600 >> # Node ID 1420a6649cfa2963f1d71956756c922a3b671ae6 >> # Parent 840c0c3c185ae2b0baeceba7caf2f420a44f116d >> hvm: Default timer_mode=1 (do not delay virtual time for missed >> ticks). Most guests prefer this mode compared with screwing with >> progress of virtual time. >> >> Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py | 2 +- >> tools/python/xen/xm/create.py | 2 +- >> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff -r 840c0c3c185a -r 1420a6649cfa >> tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py >> --- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py Fri Sep 26 >> 15:33:51 2008 +0100 >> +++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py Fri Sep 26 >> 17:09:36 2008 +0100 >> @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class XendConfig(dict): >> >> if self.is_hvm(): >> if 'timer_mode' not in self['platform']: >> - self['platform']['timer_mode'] = 0 >> + self['platform']['timer_mode'] = 1 >> if 'rtc_timeoffset' not in self['platform']: >> self['platform']['rtc_timeoffset'] = 0 >> if 'hpet' not in self['platform']: >> diff -r 840c0c3c185a -r 1420a6649cfa tools/python/xen/xm/create.py >> --- a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py Fri Sep 26 15:33:51 2008 +0100 >> +++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py Fri Sep 26 17:09:36 2008 +0100 >> @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ gopts.var('hpet', val='HPET', >> use="Enable virtual high-precision event timer.") >> >> gopts.var('timer_mode', val='TIMER_MODE', >> - fn=set_int, default=0, >> + fn=set_int, default=1, >> use="""Timer mode (0=delay virtual time when ticks >> are missed; >> 1=virtual time is always wallclock time.""") >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-changelog mailing list >> Xen-changelog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-changelog >> _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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