Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/7] Add virtio_rtc module and related changes

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Mar 13 2024 - 16:12:21 EST


> As long as it doesn't behave differently from the other RTC, I'm fine
> with this. This is important because I don't want to carry any special
> infrastructure for this driver or to have to special case this driver
> later on because it is incompatible with some evolution of the
> subsystem.

Maybe deliberately throw away all the sub-second accuracy when
accessing the time via the RTC API? That helps to make it look like an
RTC. And when doing the rounding, add a constant offset of 10ms to
emulate the virtual i2c bus it is hanging off, like most RTCs?

Andrew