workaround: force /dev/rtc usage on Linux
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@1886 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index a671682..71d5f57 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1023,7 +1023,11 @@
getitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &itv);
#if defined(__linux__)
- if (itv.it_interval.tv_usec > 1000) {
+ /* XXX: force /dev/rtc usage because even 2.6 kernels may not
+ have timers with 1 ms resolution. The correct solution will
+ be to use the POSIX real time timers available in recent
+ 2.6 kernels */
+ if (itv.it_interval.tv_usec > 1000 || 1) {
/* try to use /dev/rtc to have a faster timer */
if (start_rtc_timer() < 0)
goto use_itimer;