On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:54:30 -0600 Victor Lowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2008, at 10:42 AM, "Dan Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Victor Lowther > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Nov 29, 2008, at 2:32 PM, "Dan Nicholson" > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Well, I'll try sending a mail to alsa-devel and see if anything > >>> happens. > >> > >> Ok, but the alsa hook is pretty fast, so it is lower on my list of > >> priorities. > > > > Yeah, it's not a big deal. At least, I think it should only be run > > if requested. Like NEED_SOUND_RESTORE or something. I'm sure it got > > blocked from getting back to this list, but here's Takashi's reply > > about needing the hook: > > > > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2008-November/013030.html > > > >> I will probably release an updated 1.2.3 patch series later > >> today. I missed > >> the slackware init system support patch, I made 50ntpd faster in > >> the fast > >> path (it is still an ugly hack, tho), and there are some doc > >> updates as > >> well. > > > > Yeah, go ahead and release. More releases can always be made later. > > What would it take to find if 50ntpd can be removed? I personally > > think it's a waste of time, but maybe I'm missing the real reason > > for it's existence. Should I ask on the ntp list? > > Well, this code also seems to go all the way back to the initial > checkin, and based on the commit log comments it is there to try and > fix any clock drift the system may have experienced while asleep. > > If we had a way to just tell ntpd to sync at the next oppourtunity, > this hook would be much less ugly. However, it seems that there is > no such way, so restarting ntpd is the only option, aside from just > letting sync according to its usual schedule. > > Since we don't, it may be best to drop this hook, just let ntpd > continue to sync according to its internal schedule, and consider > getting networkmanager to kick ntpd for us whenever the internet is > back up. The only concern I have with this is for those cases where people don't use NetworkManager, but I guess the other network management utility that they *do* use should implement this. Personally, I like the first idea of just dropping the hook and letting ntpd handle it on its own. -RW
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