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On 29/05/2015 10:54, Victor Clement wrote:
> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> À: "Victor CLEMENT" <victor.clement@openwide.fr>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
>> Cc: "francois guerret" <francois.guerret@hotmail.fr>
>> Envoyé: Mercredi 27 Mai 2015 14:52:55
>> Objet: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] implement a new icount_no_rt mode
>>
>> [...] Or are there other cases besides RTC devices?
> 
> The scenario engine and the trace recorder will need to use the virtual
> clock, so that all dates are based on the same clock.

Right, but there is no reason for these to use any other clock than the
virtual clock.

> I hope this enlighten you on our motivations.

I understood your motivations; I'm still not really sure what other
modifications you need in order to achieve determinism.

Paolo