Will update soon and try the fix.

Thanks for the hard work on vmm, ml.

cheers.

x9p

> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 01:31:28PM -0600, Shane Harbour wrote:
>> On 10/14/2017 13:01, x9p wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > While running Alpine-virt 3.6.2 VM guest under OpenBSD 6.1 host, i
>> noticed
>> > the clock frequency is 2x slower on the guest machine. This can be a
>> > problem for applications that relies on accurate time.
>> >
>> > Even after sync clock with ntpd inside alpine-virt guest, it gets
>> > out-of-sync a few seconds later. I get on the guest about half the
>> clock
>> > frequency of the host.
>> >
>> > Anyone having similar problems?
>> >
>> > cheers.
>> >
>> > x9p
>> >
>>
>> I've noticed the same thing on my laptop running an amd64 6.2 install.
>> It
>> was really very slow to install and slow via console and ssh now that
>> I've
>> got it running.  I just thought it was something I had done/was doing.
>> Even
>> with ntpd running, it's now way behind.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Shane
>>
>
> You should be able to set the timecounter source to 'tsc' in VMs running
> in
> -current. It is not the default choice (so set it in sysctl.conf if you
> want
> that). That should greatly help reduce time drifts.
>
> You will really need -current though as the fix for this went in today.
>
> -ml
>
>


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