> >Why emulating it anyway ? I don't think plex86 makes any sense on
> >"none pentium class" PC's (performance!). Therefore the instruction
> >could be executed directly. However I'm not sure if a
> counter reset may
> >cause any harm to the (Linux)host.
> >Norbert
>
> because the plex86 machine might not run in native speed? And
> that would
> be erronous (if you ask me) to use the real tsc, since it
> would make the
> virtual machines clock seem to go too fast.
>
> One thing that would definitely not work that nicely is programs that
> try to check for optimal code, using RDTSC to time parts of the code.
> This timing would be skewed by host load if one were to use
> the real tsc.
An even better idea is to have this an option, one "correct" using the
virtualized number of clockticks, and one "native". :)
