Installation guide

Chapter 24. Miscellaneous administration tasks
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Value Description
paravirt Native + para-virtualized.
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present
Used to override the default set of timers visible to the guest. For example, to enable or disable the
HPET.
Table 24.6. present attribute values
Value Description
yes Force this timer to the visible to the guest.
no Force this timer to not be visible to the guest.
Example 24.5. Clock synchronizing to local time with RTC and PIT timers, and the HPET timer
disabled
<clock mode="localtime">
<timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup" wallclock="guest" />
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="none" />
<timer name="hpet" present="no" />
</clock>