[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#735595: Re: [vbox-dev] Bug#735595: Patch to update RTC after time change

[Sam Morris]

On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 12:57 +0100, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> Hi Gianfranco,
> 
> we will not apply this patch. I provided the rationale in
> 
>   https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11980#comment:4
> 
> We will probably fix VBoxService to use adjtimex() instead of
> adjtime()
> which should be enough for most users. We also might synchronize the
> RTC with the system time on 'steps' (ie host/guest time are out of
> sync
> for more than 20 seconds) but the latter still needs to be discussed
> internally.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Frank

Fair enough, I agree that adjtimex and '11-minute mode' is a superior
solution. I also think that's better than writing to the RTC when
VBoxService terminates, since, since that will still result in the
kernel time being wrong when a VM boots after a crash.

Cheers,

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