On 2015-02-15, Paul <tik-...@bodosom.net> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 11:21 PM, William Unruh <un...@invalid.ca> wrote: > >> If you demand that I give >> detailed explanation > > > You started off down the ntpd versus chrony path again. > "To get the discussion started, lets compare some of the differences > between chrony and ntpd" > That's not useful. You've spent years talking about chrony vs. ntpd. > There's nothing new to be said.
I bring up chrony not to discuss it as a program but todiscuss its philosophy of clock control and its design. It presents an alternative to the approach of ntpd, which ntimed appears to be following. > > >> tell me that timed > > > You keep saying timed. Is that part of some plan to deny responsibility in > future? I'm talking about NTIMED-CLIENT. I don't know what you mean by > TIMED. Thank you. I had no idea what the new version was called, and saw someone call it timed. Sorry if it confused you. > > >> is different from ntpd, but >> give me no explanation as to how, or how timed differs from ntpd >> > > I've repeated pointed you to Poul-Henning Kamp's notes regarding Ntimed. > Why isn't that sufficient? Please provide your parameters for adequate > explanation. I wanted YOUR summary. > > >> >> > I've downloaded ntimed which compiled ok so will give it a try in >> > a few days. >> >> Be interesting to see how and what it does. >> > > Since I've told you how it does and what it does is obvious (but just in > case -- it disciplines system time by steering it to UTC) you can see why > people might think you're not genuinely interested in a discussion. Oh, dear. Some people might think that you are not interested in discussion. It I say to someone-- I hear you are trying out the new Subaru, I wonder how it works, I do not expect them to come back with -- What do you mean. It drives along roads. > > "I have given you detailed answers to your question[s]" > > Not so much as of yet. But I keep hoping. A lot more than you have to me! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions