Re: vmd: keeping time in vm's

2017-02-27 Thread Todd T. Fries
Penned by Stuart Henderson on 20170209 18:57.59, we have: | On 2017-02-09, Eric Brown wrote: | > Dear List, | > | > I've recently learned (and discovered) that time in VM's is tricky | > business. I'm looking for the least stupid way to keep any semblance of | > time in vmd

Re: vmd: keeping time in vm's

2017-02-09 Thread Colin Bortner
It would be a bit of work, but I'd consider looking at how the host clock is exposed by vmt(4) and whether vmm(4) and vmmci(4) could/should be extended in the same way. If so, you could use Ted Unangst's solution to a similar problem with VMWare guests. http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/vmtimed

Re: vmd: keeping time in vm's

2017-02-09 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2017-02-09, Eric Brown wrote: > Dear List, > > I've recently learned (and discovered) that time in VM's is tricky > business. I'm looking for the least stupid way to keep any semblance of > time in vmd instances while I hungrily await a "correct solution" to > descend from

Re: vmd: keeping time in vm's

2017-02-09 Thread Eric Brown
Eric Brown writes: > Dear List, > > I've recently learned (and discovered) that time in VM's is tricky > business. I'm looking for the least stupid way to keep any semblance of > time in vmd instances while I hungrily await a "correct solution" to > descend from the heavens.

vmd: keeping time in vm's

2017-02-09 Thread Eric Brown
Dear List, I've recently learned (and discovered) that time in VM's is tricky business. I'm looking for the least stupid way to keep any semblance of time in vmd instances while I hungrily await a "correct solution" to descend from the heavens. I've disabled openntpd, installed ntp package (but