Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:31:25 -0500 From: The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> To: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> Cc: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: vmware/rtc (was: vmware networking & sysmouse) Message-ID: <3AAD6A5D.FF845D87@babbleon.org> References: <200103112208.f2BM88L85365@gc0.generalconcepts.com> <20010311221123.B1541@tao.org.uk> <3AABF9DF.5E3C6E1F@babbleon.org> <3AAC3D1C.FB6FA0EB@babbleon.org> <20010312092107.A67643@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> <3AAD65D2.6070605@quack.kfu.com>
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Nick Sayer wrote: > > Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:06:04PM -0500, The Babbler wrote: > > > >> And I gather that nobody's figued out how to turn off /dev/rtc by > >> default? I tried denying non-root users read permission, or granting > >> them write permission, to /compat/linux/dev/rtc, but that didn't stop > >> the 100% CPU problem. > >> > > I turned it off by deinstalling rtc with pkg_delete. You need the -f > > (force removal) option because it is recorded to depend on vmware2. > > After removal, I don't have 100% CPU usage anymore. It'll give you a > > warning message on startup of the vmware guest that rtc isn't present, > > but for the rest it works fine (NT4 and Win2000). > > > > Karel. > > This will make media operations in win9x guests somewhat unpleasant. If > you run nothing but FreeBSD guests, then I guess it's a moot point. > > Does anyone know what the issue really is? Perhaps it's worth putting an > option in the kernel to make it not do whatever causes it to chew CPU? > People using vmware could use option VMWARE_GUEST or some such in guest > machines' kernels to make it not do that. I run win 98se as my guest and always disconnect the rtc as soon as I start up. I haven't noticed any odd effects. What "media operations" will be endangered, and how? Or is deleting the rtc different from just disconnecting it? I run a laptop; running 100% CPU really isn't ok with me--the machine gets noticably hot over time and battery life is impacted. -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" bts@babbleon.org Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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