From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BXc1c-0004Wz-NR for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:32:04 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BXc1X-0004UC-SJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:32:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BXc1X-0004Tw-GH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:31:59 -0400 Received: from [203.190.192.17] (helo=wasp.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BXc0t-00088z-5p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:31:19 -0400 Message-ID: <40C5795F.4010004@wasp.net.au> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:31:27 +0400 From: Brad Campbell MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu's timer & Solaris9 issues. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Karel Gardas wrote: > Hi, > > I guess all the problems with NIC driver and with keyboard auto-repeat are > (or might be) caused by a bit buggy Qemu internal timer. You can see it > the best at for example Solaris9 boot process, where boot manager > (Configuration Assistant) count 5 seconds to the boot, so 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, > boot -- sometimes this counting is done in less then 0.5 second (just > estimate) sometimes it's done in about 2-4 seconds, which is a lot better, > since then I have a good chance to have a bit slower keybord in > Solaris's xterm.... :-) > > Does anybody here also do have similar problem with any other OS running > inside Qemu? Yes.. When installing Win2k or XP the timer countdown to either boot CD or Hard disk runs past at different speeds each time I boot qemu.. Brad