Re: [PATCH] raise tsc clocksource rating

[Zachary Amsden]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 23:48 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> if it's inaccurate why are you exposing it to the guest then? Native 
> only uses the TSC if it's safe and accurate to do so.

Not every guest support paravirt, but for correctness, all guests
require TSC, which must be exposed all the way up to userspace, no
matter what the efficiency or accuracy may be.

Zach

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