Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Change qemu_set_irq() to return status information.

[Paul Brook]

> The model takes into account that not all interrupt controller are
> capable to detect missed interrupt (it is possible that there is no
> interrupt controller at all). In this case irq function should
> return one and everything will fall back to how it works now.

On a related note the correct way to fix this is "-icount auto".
You should make sure that your hacks are not enabled when we have a realistic 
virtual timebase.

Paul