[Libosinfo] RFC: Representing clock and timer policies

[Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> When configuring a guest there's a few options related to clocks and timers
> that can vary per OS
>
>  - BIOS clock timesync - either UTC or Localtime
>
>  - Timer policy - delay vs catchup for PIT /  RTC
>
>  - Timer support - is HPET desired or not
>
> Both virt-manager and GNOME boxes hardcode all the timer stuff to a fix
> set, and only set localtime if os family is windows.  There are some
> other proprietary vendor OS' for which this is not sufficient. So I was
> wondering if anyone had given any thought to storing this policy info
> in the libosinfo database yet ?  If not, I'll have a think about how
> we might approach it

Its been on my todo for years now. :( Haven't even gotten around to
thinking on how it would be done so feel free to suggest/implement
API.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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