From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [RFC] Paravirt timer for KVM Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:20:29 +0200 Message-ID: <4714663D.90609@qumranet.com> References: <5d6222a80710120908s6b1f5845head84e7b7a463cd1@mail.gmail.com> <1192218507.14891.18.camel@basalt> <470FD2CA.1000702@codemonkey.ws> <471327C7.8060304@redhat.com> <47132DCF.3060906@qumranet.com> <47133957.20508@redhat.com> <5d6222a80710151100p63e8e9aata79b006b43f6c37e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel , Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Gerd Hoffmann , Hollis Blanchard To: Glauber de Oliveira Costa Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5d6222a80710151100p63e8e9aata79b006b43f6c37e-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote: > On 10/15/07, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > >> Host should know. Well, I hope. Dunno whenever one really can be sure >> in all cases given all the different CPUs and tsc implementations. >> > > In the same way we can be sure about hardware for everything else: > Well... not being _quite_ sure ;-) > > It's important to know. But in case the host knows the tsc doesn't satisfy the feature's requirements, the host simply disables the feature. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/