Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] Make rt_clock usage configurable for ARM devices

[Peter Maydell]

On 5 March 2012 09:08, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> Direct usage of rt_clock should be discouraged. For RTC devices the user
> cannot choose to follow the host clock with respect to NTP adjustment
> and daylight savings changes.   For other devices it does not provide
> determinism together with -icount or qtest, and it also keeps ticking
> while the machine is paused.
>
> This series uses rtc_clock uniformly in device models that provide RTC
> functionality, and vm_clock in the omap_lpg whose ticking should be tied
> to the VM running state.  For consistency I'm also switching the pl031
> to rtc_clock; so far it used the vm_clock.
>
> v1->v2: switch omap_lpg to vm_clock
>
> Paolo Bonzini (5):
>  rtc: add -rtc clock=rt
>  omap: switch omap_lpg to vm_clock
>  arm: switch real-time clocks to rtc_clock
>  pl031: rearm alarm timer upon load
>  pl031: switch clock base to rtc_clock

I'm happy to take these into the arm-devs tree, but I'd prefer to
see an ack or review from somebody who understands qemu timers first.

-- PMM