I'm assuming that this pulls "UTC" from the host and allows the guest to have an offset "UTC" ... is this essentially correct?
Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jeff Dike > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:53 PM > To: john stultz > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Re: [RFC] PATCH 0/4 - Time virtualization > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 05:31:27PM -0700, john stultz wrote: > > Looks interesting. I've never quite understood the need for > different > > time domains, it only allows you to run one domain with the > incorrect > > time, but I'm sure there is some use case that is desired. > > There are a few possible answers - > > If when this virtualization stuff is done, no one has done > anything with > time, someone is going to moan. > > Once in a while, you want to fiddle your system clock to make > sure that > a cron job or something does what it's supposed to. > > There was some extra infrastructure that UML needed in order > to start using > this stuff, so I chose a fairly simple virtualization case to > accompany it. > > > I'm not psyched about possible namespace vs nanosecond confusion w/ > > terms like "time_ns", but that's pretty minor. > > Yeah, names can be changed. > > > Also I hope you're not wanting to deal w/ NTP adjustments between > > domains that have the incorrect time? That would be very ugly. > > No, the domain stores an offset from the system time, so it > automatically > gets the system's NTP adjustments. > > Jeff > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > User-mode-linux-devel mailing list > User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
