Consider adding a virtio-rtc driver
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Description
We currently use the hardware RTCs to get the current time. It would be great to support methods that are meant to be virtualized too. https://github.com/hermit-os/kernel/issues/2548 is about kvmclock, but that requires a Linux host. virtio-rtc is cross-platform.
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Research direction
Start by locating the kernel's current hardware RTC timekeeping path, then review the virtio-rtc proposal and its cross-platform requirements. Define the driver interface and integration points, and consider the work done when time can be obtained through virtio-rtc with coverage for the supported virtualization environments.
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- rust
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- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 5/5
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- Over a week
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