On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 05:54:32PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > * formatdomain.html.in: Document new clock options > --- > docs/formatdomain.html.in | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in > index 083a80a..55038e2 100644 > --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in > +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in > @@ -393,9 +393,41 @@ > > <dl> > <dt><code>clock</code></dt> > - <dd>The <code>offset</code> attribute takes either "utc" or > - "localtime" to specify how the guest clock is initialized > - in relation to the host OS. > + <dd> > + <p>The <code>offset</code> attribute takes three possible > + values, allowing fine grained control over how the guest > + clock is synchronized to the host. NB, not all hypervisors > + support all modes.</p> > + <dl> > + <dt><code>utc</code></dt> > + <dd> > + The guest clock will always be synchronized to UTC when > + booted</dd> > + <dt><code>localtime</code></dt> > + <dd> > + The guest clock will be synchronized to the host's configured > + timezone when booted, if any. > + </dd> > + <dt><code>timezone</code></dt> > + <dd> > + The guest clock will be synchronized to the requested timezone > + using the <code>timezone</code> attribute. > + </dd> > + <dt><code>variable</code></dt> > + <dd> > + The guest clock will have an arbitrary offset applied > + relative to UTC. The delta relative to UTC is specified > + in seconds, using the <code>adjustment</code> attribute. > + The guest is free to adjust the RTC over time an expect > + that it will be honoured at next reboot. This is in > + contrast to 'utc' mode, where the RTC adjustments are > + lost at each reboot. > + </dd> > + </dl> > + <p> > + NB, at time of writing, only QEMU supports the variable > + clock mode, or custom timezones. > + </p> > </dd> > </dl> >
ACK, too, ACK for the serie a a whole, just a few checks and improvement possible. Daniel -- Daniel Veillard | libxml Gnome XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ [email protected] | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/ http://veillard.com/ | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/ -- libvir-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
