Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:21:36 +0100 From: Marco Trentini <mark@remotelab.org> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another updated RTC driver for vmware users to try Message-ID: <20040223202136.GH657@einstein.lab> In-Reply-To: <20040217023115.W17031@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20040217023115.W17031@odysseus.silby.com>
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:36:39AM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > Ok, I took a closer look at how the linux rtc driver actually works, and I > came up with this updated rtc driver. It should be a better emulation, > but my laptop is so pokey that I have trouble noticing a difference. It > appears that the current rtc is making the vmware client sleep too much, > so this might improve responsiveness a bit. > Great work! > Anyway, give it a shot and tell me how it works. I believe that this is > the last performance-related change to the driver, next up will be device > cloning. > > To build this, just throw rtc.c in the files/ directory of the rtc port > and rebuild it. What value should have the kernel HZ option? About 1000? Is 1300 proper?
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