On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 07:39:55PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Dirk Nehring dixit: > > >> Removed: > >> trunk/freewrt/package/openntpd/files/02-offset.patch > >> Log: > >> this file is not used, plus we'll always have bigger delays > >> > > > >This is only true if openntpd is running all the time since > >rebooting. My router timedrift is very high, does this patch hurt > >anything? > > If you start ntpd with -s, it will _set_ the time once before > reverting to the default _adjusting_ behaviour, but only if > the time is off _more_ than SETTIME_MIN_OFFSET seconds, i.e. > three minutes. So if your drift is "very high", it doesn't > matter. > > The patch was intended to force setting the time once if -s > was used, but since it was not in the patches/ directory, > it wasn't applied anyway. For "very low" drifts, using the > standard adjtime() behaviour is "better" anyway, because > then you don't have jumps in the time scale.
I know that already. I define "very high" >10sec. which takes ages to sync with adjtime(). I vote for reverting your patch, since it helps to get the correct time quickly when using "-s" (which is the intention to make a time jump). We have many trouble with VPN connections when the time is not fully in sync. IMHO ntpclient does the same. Dirk _______________________________________________ freewrt-developers mailing list [email protected] https://www.freewrt.org/lists/listinfo/freewrt-developers
