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Date:      Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:54:00 -0500
From:      Maxim Khitrov <max@mxcrypt.com>
To:        Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Lousy timekeeping in VirtualBox 4.0.14
Message-ID:  <CAJcQMWeF12JKqcJtRiEHtrGMyg5WGsKoMOJeb9qt7JTsMVwwqQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4EEA5461.4080107@lerctr.org>
References:  <4EE9014F.7010300@lerctr.org> <4EEA5461.4080107@lerctr.org>

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote:
> I've set up VirtualBox 4.0.14 on my FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT (r228498)
> box, and have a FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT VM running underneath it.
>
> While the VM is running, it doesn't keep time worth a flip.
>
> This is even with the VirtualBox-Additions in it.
>
> 1) is this expected/known?
> 2) What can we do to fix it?
>
> What diagnostics do you need?
>
> I *CAN* provide ssh access to both the host and the guest.

Did you try setting 'kern.hz=64' (or 100) in /boot/loader.conf for the guest?

AFAIK, most clock issues in virtual machines have to do with missed
interrupts, so reduce Kernel's timer frequency.

- Max



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