Re: [Xen-devel] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/5] xen: disable rtc_clock

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/30/2012 05:59 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 01/30/2012 12:56 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > Depending on "-rtc clock=vm" or "-rtc clock=rt", this may not be true.
> > Good point.
> > I should check for rtc_clock == host_clock.
> >
> > > > Why do you need to instantiate an RTC at all?
> > I don't, in fact in previous versions of this patch series I tried to do
> > that but it is difficult and makes the common code worse, so I followed
> > Anthony's suggestion of just disabling the rtc_clock.
> I see. It shouldn't surprise you that I completely disagree with Anthony on
> this. :)
Give me some credit at least...

The original patches didn't disable the RTC, it introduced a half-neutered Xen 
specific RTC.
My original suggestion (which I still think is the best approach) is to change 
the RTC emulation to not use a second timer at all.
Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Paolo

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