On Mar 11, 6:28 pm, "David J Taylor" <david-tay...@blueyonder.neither-
this-bit.nor-this.co.uk> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm seeing an ntpq -p display like:
>
> * server-A 377
> server-B 377
> server-C 377
>
> i.e. server B and C have a space rather than any other character. Those
> servers are fine, but they are both actually syncing from server A. Space
> appears to be defined as:
>
> "The peer is discarded as unreachable, synchronized to this server (synch
> loop) or outrageous synchronization distance."
>
> Should: "synchronized to this server's source" also be in that list?
It appears so. The relevant code is peer_unfit() in ntp_proto.c,
which in 4.2.4p6 has
/*
* A loop error occurs if the remote peer is synchronized to the
* local peer of if the remote peer is synchronized to the same
* server as the local peer, but only if the remote peer is not
* the orphan parent.
*/
if (peer->stratum > 1 && peer->refid != htonl(LOOPBACKADR) &&
((!peer->dstadr || peer->refid == peer->dstadr->addr_refid) ||
peer->refid == sys_refid))
rval |= TEST12; /* synch loop */
The peer->refid == sys_refid test is what is presumably firing in your
case. If you look at the association for one of the two showing "
" (reject) using ntpq -c "rv assocID" you should see 0x800 set in the
flash= value. TEST12 == 0x800.
It looks like you've found a documentation omission.
Cheers,
Dave Hart
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