[Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Add support for HPET periodic timer.

2007-08-13 Thread Luca
On 8/13/07, Daniel P. Berrange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 fa

[Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Add support for HPET periodic timer.

2007-08-13 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 11:04:46AM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Luca Tettamanti wrote: > > Linux operates the HPET timer in legacy replacement mode, which means that > > the > > periodic interrupt of the CMOS RTC is not delivered (qemu won't be able to > > use > > /dev/rtc). Add support for HPET (/

[Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Add support for HPET periodic timer.

2007-08-13 Thread Avi Kivity
Luca Tettamanti wrote: Linux operates the HPET timer in legacy replacement mode, which means that the periodic interrupt of the CMOS RTC is not delivered (qemu won't be able to use /dev/rtc). Add support for HPET (/dev/hpet) as a replacement for the RTC; the periodic interrupt is delivered via SI