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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Fix the slow wall clock time issue in x64
	SMP Vista
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:36:51 +0000
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On 10/1/07 11:29, "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@intel.com> wrote:

> In x64 SMP Vista HVM guest (vcpus=2 in the configuration file), the wall
> clock time is 50% slower than that in the real world. The attached patch
> fixes the issue.

Looks like this code will inject fewer HPET interrupts. How does that make
time go *faster*?

Also, looking at hpet_timer_fn() is vcpu_kick() actually required? The PIC
logic invoked from hpet_route_interrupt() should do any required kicking.

 -- Keir