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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Add support for HPET periodic
	timer.
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To: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
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On 8/13/07, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 11:04:46AM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> > Something like:
> >
> > - try to use HPET (unless -no-rtc selected)
> > - try to use RTC  (unless -no-rtc selected)
> > - fallback to normal unix facilities
>
> If we're going to add command line args it probably makes sense  to be a
> little more generic than -no-rtc or -use-hpet. Have a list of preferred
> clock sources eg
>
>   -clock hpet,rtc,unix
>
> If -clock is omitted, then default to trying all in the priority you
> describe.

Makes sense, I'll prepare a patch (maybe after a couple of days of vacation :P).

Luca