[syslinux] "Tick-counting" vs "Tick-less" timekeeping issues on VMs emulating BIOS PCs

[Michael Brown]

On 03/03/16 09:34, Patrick Masotta wrote:
> > If it's the VMware document I'm thinking of (titled "Timekeeping in
> > VMware Virtual Machines"), then the issue is that emulating the timer
> > interrupt can cause a heavy load on the host if the guest timer is
> > configured to run at a high rate.
>
> It seems it's more that that even at the regular rate...

At the BIOS standard rate of 18.2Hz, no modern machine is even going to 
notice.

Michael