Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] lest pretend that RTC can be used to wakeup from S4

[Gleb Natapov]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 09:43:38AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 09:42 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > > The alternative would be to get it via fw_cfg.
> >
> > How will this help? We want to lie that we support RTC wakeup without
> > actually supporting it.
>
> We would be able to lie or say the truth at will.  Distros that care
> about WHQL/SVVP can turn the lie on unconditionally.

I see.
> I'm not saying it is worth it, just that it is an alternative.

Yeah, I do not anticipate any problem with this patch applied. If
problem arise we will implement RTC wakeup in QEMU: if guest requested
RTC wake up QEMU will not exit, but wait for wakeup time and boot guest
again instead.