Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] re-set rtc date on reset handler

[Anthony Liguori]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 09/09/2009 06:34 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > First step is qdev conversion for the RTC.  You can then introduce a 
> > drift property.  I'd suggest something like 
> > drift=none|catchup|gradual.  The default can be none.  We can also 
> > introduce a kvm machine type where the default is catchup.  
> > Obviously, we don't support gradual today.
>
> Maybe none|step|slew to avoid alienating mayo lovers.
>
> Should be a global option that applies to all clock sources?

Should be an option for all clock devices.  And I think it makes sense 
to have a virtualization machine type that is automatically enabled when 
using kvm and that automatically enables drift=step.

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Regards,

Anthony Liguori