Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] Change timedrift default value to slew

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 21/03/2012 17:06, Crístian Viana ha scritto:
> Windows 2008+ is very sensitive to missed ticks. The RTC is used by default as
> the time source.  If time drift is not enabled, Windows is prone to
> blue screening.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Crístian Viana <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/mc146818rtc.c |    2 +-
>  vl.c             |   10 +++++-----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/mc146818rtc.c b/hw/mc146818rtc.c
> index 2b59c36..2b31587 100644
> --- a/hw/mc146818rtc.c
> +++ b/hw/mc146818rtc.c
> @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ ISADevice *rtc_init(ISABus *bus, int base_year, qemu_irq 
> intercept_irq)
>  static Property mc146818rtc_properties[] = {
>      DEFINE_PROP_INT32("base_year", RTCState, base_year, 1980),
>      DEFINE_PROP_LOSTTICKPOLICY("lost_tick_policy", RTCState,
> -                               lost_tick_policy, LOST_TICK_DISCARD),
> +                               lost_tick_policy, LOST_TICK_SLEW),
>      DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 112b0e0..11817e5 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -539,18 +539,18 @@ static void configure_rtc(QemuOpts *opts)
>      value = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driftfix");
>      if (value) {
>          if (!strcmp(value, "slew")) {
> -            static GlobalProperty slew_lost_ticks[] = {
> +            /* slew is default */
> +        } else if (!strcmp(value, "none")) {
> +            static GlobalProperty discard_lost_ticks[] = {
>                  {
>                      .driver   = "mc146818rtc",
>                      .property = "lost_tick_policy",
> -                    .value    = "slew",
> +                    .value    = "discard",
>                  },
>                  { /* end of list */ }
>              };
>  
> -            qdev_prop_register_global_list(slew_lost_ticks);
> -        } else if (!strcmp(value, "none")) {
> -            /* discard is default */
> +            qdev_prop_register_global_list(discard_lost_ticks);
>          } else {
>              fprintf(stderr, "qemu: invalid option value '%s'\n", value);
>              exit(1);

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>

Paolo