Unruh wrote: > "Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>Folkert van Heusden wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>The precision-field set by a driver, what should one set there? If a >>>clock gives ms values, -10? Or is it the real quality of the >>>time-source? Like: maybe that on average the source has a quality of >>>10ms. >>> >>> >>>Folkert van Heusden >>> >> > >>The precision is the smallest possible difference between two >>consecutive requests for the time! It's specified as a negative power >>of two. > > > On most systems now adays it is of the order of microseconds (-19 or -20) > > > >
My Sun Solaris boxes report -21. Measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with axe! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
