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[v3,2/2] Change timedrift default value to slew

Message ID 1332345997-4772-2-git-send-email-vianac@linux.vnet.ibm.com
State New
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Crístian Viana March 21, 2012, 4:06 p.m. UTC
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 <vianac@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 hw/mc146818rtc.c |    2 +-
 vl.c             |   10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Paolo Bonzini March 21, 2012, 9:37 p.m. UTC | #1
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 <vianac@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  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 <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Paolo
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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);