On 02/20/2012 11:14 AM, Prateek Sharma wrote: > Hello all, > If i use KVMclock as the clock source in the guest, the guest clock > 'lags behind' the host clock by a big margin (1 second or more). The > time difference is not consistent, but i am seeing it in the range of > 1-2 seconds. > Is this by design? No. > I need an simple clocksource which is consistent > between the host and the guest. Is using HPET in the guest a good idea > for this, or is that also emulated by KVM ? > It is also emulated. The discrepancy may be due to ntp adjusting the time, and kvmclock not compensating. Are you running ntp on your host? What about the guest? -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html