From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnDhs-0002DS-92 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:43:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnDhm-0002DF-Ff for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:43:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51632 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MnDhm-0002DC-9t for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:43:02 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]:38049) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MnDhl-0006HK-A1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:43:01 -0400 Message-ID: <4AAE63D7.8050009@web.de> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:40:07 +0200 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20090909222333.GA19385@shareable.org> <4AAA1059.9060505@siemens.com> <4AAD0B09.8040903@redhat.com> <4AAD119F.2000107@web.de> <4AAE46DF.5070205@us.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <4AAE46DF.5070205@us.ibm.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDDBADAFADE7BC9BA6B2D7079" Sender: jan.kiszka@web.de Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor and enhance RTC configuration List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Blue Swirl , Glauber Costa , dlaor@redhat.com, "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDDBADAFADE7BC9BA6B2D7079 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anthony Liguori wrote: > Jan Kiszka wrote: >> Dor Laor wrote: >> =20 >>> I'm in favor of sticking to clock=3Dvm as a default. >>> Most chances that the guest will have internet connect and the host (= ala >>> rom hypervisor) won't have. >>> =20 >=20 > Default behaviors only really matter for unmanaged environments. An > isolated hypervisor in a rom is most certainly a managed environment.=20 > As long as there is the ability to do clock=3Dvm, setting clock=3Dhost = by > default should be fine. I still do not get why we need clock=3Dvm here... >=20 >> Except for Jamie's case of extending some license runtime, I really se= e >> no real use for RTC based on vm_clock anymore. There is some reason wh= y >> other RTCs are already based on the host clock. >> =20 >=20 > In general, behaving like real hardware by default and supporting odd > use-cases with additional options seems like a good policy to me. >=20 =2E..but if this case shall be covered, I'm going to respin my series and= add the config switch. (I was just hoping to get a round it.) Jan --------------enigDDBADAFADE7BC9BA6B2D7079 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkquY94ACgkQniDOoMHTA+lakQCeIFPWrnOLlT6y9ZaiZd2EKww7 H+cAnRlMEpdiBm5WGyei0r1UUR8awStA =yFpa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDDBADAFADE7BC9BA6B2D7079--