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Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] x86/time: introduce command line option to select wallclock


  • To: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 17:37:20 +0200
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  • Cc: "Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:37:30 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 03.09.2024 15:03, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> --- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
> +++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
> @@ -2821,6 +2821,24 @@ vwfi to `native` reduces irq latency significantly. It 
> can also lead to
>  suboptimal scheduling decisions, but only when the system is
>  oversubscribed (i.e., in total there are more vCPUs than pCPUs).
>  
> +### wallclock (x86)
> +> `= auto | xen | cmos | efi`
> +
> +> Default: `auto`
> +
> +Allow forcing the usage of a specific wallclock source.
> +
> + * `auto` let the hypervisor select the clocksource based on internal
> +   heuristics.
> +
> + * `xen` force usage of the Xen shared_info wallclock when booted as a Xen
> +   guest.

Mention the CONFIG_* dependency, like we do elsewhere?

> + * `cmos` force usage of the CMOS RTC wallclock.
> +
> + * `efi` force usage of the EFI_GFET_TIME run-time method when booted from 
> EFI
> +   firmware.

Nit: Stray F.

Jan



 


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