[Qemu-devel] Re: Timing problems

[Michael Smith]

Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson <at> gmail.com> writes:

> time flies by at 5x the speed it should.

> PS. I'm susprised nobody has seen this problem before. Is it just me
> who experience it?

No, I experience this as well.

I'm running Qemu 0.7.2 with Linux 2.6.14 (vanilla kernel) as host OS and Windows
XP Professional as guest OS.  If the VM is running and actively using CPU, time
runs much faster in the guest than in the host.  On the other hand, if the VM is
mostly idle, time is slower in the guest than in the host OS.

This odd clock behavior seems to cause other problems in the guest OS,
particularly during boot/service initialization.

I can recreate this behavior with or without KQemu.

I can recreate this behavior with or without CPU frequency scaling enabled.

It is frustrating, and I would be very happy if someone could suggest a fix or
workaround.

Thanks,
Mike Smith
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