JohnLund wrote: > I am trying to test the slew only mode of ntpd on an embedded system > that has ntpd v. 4.1.1. We cause a time jump of 1 minute on the
This is generally considered a garbage in condition. > configured NTP server for this embedded system and track the ntp log > messages (var/log/ntp) and see the following: > 19 Oct 17:53:47 ntpd[6951]: time slew 51.517400 s As far as I can tell, current versions of ntpd only produce this message when in in one shot ntpdate mode. > version="ntpd 4....@1.786 Sat Sep 27 05:48:59 UTC 2003 (1)"?, Six years old! Note that -x doesn't inhibit stepping entirely, it justs sets a minimum step of 10 minutes. Also note that using -x will turn off the kernel time discipline, and force the use of a user space one. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
