On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 12:57 +0100, Frank Mehnert wrote: > Hi Gianfranco, > > we will not apply this patch. I provided the rationale in > > https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11980#comment:4 > > We will probably fix VBoxService to use adjtimex() instead of > adjtime() > which should be enough for most users. We also might synchronize the > RTC with the system time on 'steps' (ie host/guest time are out of > sync > for more than 20 seconds) but the latter still needs to be discussed > internally. > > Kind regards, > > Frank
Fair enough, I agree that adjtimex and '11-minute mode' is a superior solution. I also think that's better than writing to the RTC when VBoxService terminates, since, since that will still result in the kernel time being wrong when a VM boots after a crash. Cheers, -- Sam Morris <https://robots.org.uk/> CAAA AA1A CA69 A83A 892B 1855 D20B 4202 5CDA 27B9
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