On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Bill Unruh <un...@physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 08:53:53AM -0700, Bill Unruh wrote: > >> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > >>> We can add an option to unset the UNSYNC flag in chrony too > >>> (would be allowed only if rtcfile is disabled). > >> > >> That would completely destroy chrony's ability to determine the > >> drift of the rtc clock (or hwclock's ability to determine its > >> drift). The ONLY use of the rtc is for setting the intial clock. > >> This would make that far worse. > > > > Some users don't need to know or compensate for RTC drift. They may > > be running servers 24/7 and they just want to have good time after > > a crash or power failure as there will be no shutdown sequence with > > hwclock executed. The 11 minute mode is good enough in such cases. > > Agreed. > +1 me --- To unsubscribe email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject. For help email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "help" in the subject. Trouble? Email listmas...@chrony.tuxfamily.org.
