Frans Grotepass wrote:
On Tuesday 04 July 2006 14:05, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
Frans Grotepass wrote:
Is it possible to change the ntp.conf to include similar functionality to
the -g option?
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It's almost certainly possible!
That is what I thought
Why do you believe that doing so would
be a wise use of scarce resources?
I don't understand your question. The -g option will make the clock skip to
the server time if it is off by a large amount. We build embedded systems
that are shipped around the world. They include an ntp client that will
synchronize with a server. If the internal clock is way off, NTP simply dies
if -g is not used. With -g the startup does one jump and from there,
continues with clockskew. How does this hamper my resources?
Best regards,
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It uses the developer's time! They are all unpaid volunteers, working
in their spare time. While you might find such a feature useful, most
would not.
If you want to start ntpd with the -g option and lack a CLI to do it
with, you could patch the code yourself. I believe it would be far
simpler to make the code believe it had found a -g in the startup
command than to make it parse ntp.conf to find the option.
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