On 16/02/2015 15:59, Paul wrote:
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If you have a non-trivial interest I suggest reading the notes. E.g.
"Ntimed-client puts the entire interface to the OS timekeeping in four
trivial functions for portability, but there are other nits and downright
idiotic incompatibilities, because, quite frankly, the UNIX ecosystem is
filled with narrowsighted bigots.
At the timekeeping-level, Windows and OS/X are the odd ones out, and both
of these will need a dedicated set of the four functions. I hope somebody
with skills and access to those platforms will contribute them."
Of course at the end of the day you're going to be a bit disappointed.
I have a non-trivial interest in that I have hundreds of users (mostly
non-computer experts) who rely on NTP on Windows to get their machines
in sync for a collaborative data-sharing effort. There are also many
radio amateurs who need Windows PCs synced to within 100 milliseconds
for propagation and other measurements. If ntimed is not going to be
available for Windows and OS/X that rules it out for the great majority
of the world's computers. No problem if it starts on Linux, with the
clear intention of making it portable - client /and/ server.
But as I mentioned, NTP has already been very successfully ported to
Windows, and found little difficulty in using the available OS calls to
control both the rate and the absolute value of time, so I see no reason
why ntimed should not do the same. For the present, I have found very,
very few who are in any way dissatisfied with NTP 4.2.8p1 and its
successors - perhaps just those with really bad clocks!
The NTP team has made outstanding efforts to encourage cross-platform
portability such that the same source code can be compiled and run on
multiple platforms, and the same management interface used even across
platforms, and I know many, many people who are very grateful for that
effort.
--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu
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