Re: proposal: stop using the xen_system_time timecounter in dom0

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 05:16:38PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 01:53:34PM -0700, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> >> I would like to propose that we stop using the xen_system_time
> >> timecounter in NetBSD dom0, i.e. in XEN3_DOM0.
> >
> > Why can't you just set kern.timecounter.hardware to something else
> > if xen_system_time isn't working for you ?
> 
> I suppose he can, but I read that as an argument that xen_system_time is
> not reliable, and thus should be withdrawn.  People should not have to
> add workarounds.

it is perfectly reliable for me. In my case I'm not sure (really)
that other sources would be better.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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