Unless ntp is over shooting in its corrections, you don't have a problem with ntp, per say. NTP is configured to slew all corrections less than 0.128 seconds. If after a day to settle down, you still have big jumps, then, you definitely have a clock problem.
Regards, Ed > > I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, running v4.2.6 ntp, but I am finding that > ntp is too agressive on clock changes. The loopstats show clock changes > up to 0.11+ secs which is way too high. I just set the ntp.conf parameter > "slewalways" to "yes", hoping that the maximum clock adjustment will be in > the neighborhood of 0.5 msec. > > In the meantime, I am trying to replace the std CMOS clock with a +/- 2ppm > precision oscillator so I don't have big startup time deltas (I have seen > 2 secs at times). Yes, I know a precision pps board using a GPS > disciplined clock is the best way to go here, but I have to make due with > an accurate RTC and ntp. > > Are there any other things I need to set, so ntp won't adjust the sys > clock with steps greater than 0.5 msec ? I run a program during the day > which does hundreds of thousands of time stamps, and found that it had > glitches due to clock changes being more than it could tolerate. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions