Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Unruh
Dave Hart writes: >On Mar 26, 2:39=A0am, Unruh wrote: >> >> So, again I am confused. >> I have >> server tick.usask.ca >> server ntp.ubc.ca >> server 127.127.28.0 minpoll 4 prefer >> >> where 127.127.28.0 is the PPS via shm and this system seems to have no >> problems. >> So again my confusion m

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Unruh
Thank you. Your quote at the top is correct "Listen carefully to what I say; it is very complicated." But I have no idea if I have listened carefully. So, I have PPS running the shm refclock, with the seconds supplied by the local clock (ie the reading from the system clock) and the usec from the

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Dave Hart
On Mar 26, 2:39 am, Unruh wrote: > > So, again I am confused. > I have > server tick.usask.ca > server ntp.ubc.ca > server 127.127.28.0 minpoll 4 prefer > > where 127.127.28.0 is the PPS via shm and this system seems to have no > problems. > So again my confusion may be irrelevant (well my confusi

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread David Mills
Bill,If you had taken the trouble to look at the documentation , you would have found the "Mitigation Rules and the Prefer Peer" http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/prefer.html page which clearly describes how the contraptoin works. Unruh wrote: >Dave Hart writes: > > > >>On Mar 25,

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread David Mills
Dave, The NTP discipline executes a frequency correction once per second; the kernel executes a correction once per timer interrupt. Assume an intrinsic oscilator frequency error of 100 PPM. Do the math. Dave Dave Hart wrote: >On Mar 25, 9:19 pm, Unruh wrote: > > >>I have no idea why and w

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Unruh
"alkope...@googlemail.com" writes: >On Mar 26, 12:48=A0am, Unruh wrote: >> However if the only concern was losing PPS discipline due to prefer peer >> problems, then I agree this is tangential. >Yes, it was ;-) >> >I think he's monitoring the self-reported offsets between the NTP >> >disciplin

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread alkope...@googlemail.com
On Mar 26, 12:48 am, Unruh wrote: > However if the only concern was losing PPS discipline due to prefer peer > problems, then I agree this is tangential. Yes, it was ;-) > >I think he's monitoring the self-reported offsets between the NTP > >disciplined clock and the local GPS receiver.  Network

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Unruh
Dave Hart writes: >On Mar 25, 9:19=A0pm, Unruh wrote: >> >> I have no idea why and whether kernel PPS code is any better ( or worse) >> than say PPS discipline using the shm PPS refclock using parallel port >> interrupt. Ie, both can discipline >> to about 1-2usec level. >Re-read the thread, t

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Dave Hart
On Mar 25, 9:19 pm, Unruh wrote: > > I have no idea why and whether kernel PPS code is any better ( or worse) > than say PPS discipline using the shm PPS refclock using parallel port > interrupt. Ie, both can discipline > to about 1-2usec level. Re-read the thread, then. A kernel clock discipli

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Leap Second Trace program updated....

2009-03-25 Thread Dave Hart
On Mar 25, 9:08 pm, Unruh wrote: > > If you have enough servers they should be outvoted. That's true for -dev (4.2.5) but not -stable (4.2.4) which still has the old "or" logic where any surviving source having a leap bit set causes the local leap bit to be set. > Note that ntp will ignore lea

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread Unruh
"alkope...@googlemail.com" writes: >> 1. Immediately fire the Linux OS and replace with FreeBSD. It has PPS sup= >port ex box and very good serial drivers. You need to disable the hardware/= >driver FIFOs to get good serial time. This of course will be secondary to t= >he PPS. I have no idea why

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Leap Second Trace program updated....

2009-03-25 Thread Unruh
Augustine writes: >On Mar 25, 2:30=A0pm, "David J Taylor" this-bit.nor-this.co.uk> wrote: >> >> ntp1.arse.org >I'm not surprised about this one... :-D >Jokes aside, why do we still see such announcements months after the >event? What can be done to mitigate and weed out such servers? Can >NTP

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread alkope...@googlemail.com
On Mar 25, 8:23 pm, mi...@udel.edu (David Mills) wrote: > alkopedia, > > We do something like that here with two GPS receivers and two busy servers. > However, we assign one GPS receiver and PPS signal to each server. In your > case, you want to duplex the receivers and PPS signals. Suggestions:

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Leap Second Trace program updated....

2009-03-25 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Augustine wrote: > On Mar 25, 2:30 pm, "David J Taylor" this-bit.nor-this.co.uk> wrote: >> ntp1.arse.org > > I'm not surprised about this one... :-D > > Jokes aside, why do we still see such announcements months after the > event? What can be done to mitigate and weed out such servers? Can > N

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Leap Second Trace program updated....

2009-03-25 Thread Augustine
On Mar 25, 2:30 pm, "David J Taylor" wrote: > > ntp1.arse.org I'm not surprised about this one... :-D Jokes aside, why do we still see such announcements months after the event? What can be done to mitigate and weed out such servers? Can NTP be improved to discard such servers? Should it? __

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Leap Second Trace program updated....

2009-03-25 Thread David J Taylor
Augustine wrote: > On Mar 25, 2:30 pm, "David J Taylor" this-bit.nor-this.co.uk> wrote: >> >> ntp1.arse.org > > I'm not surprised about this one... :-D > > Jokes aside, why do we still see such announcements months after the > event? What can be done to mitigate and weed out such servers? Can >

[ntp:questions] Trading jitter for offset

2009-03-25 Thread David J Taylor
I have a system using NMEA and PPS, from which I'm getting microseconds of jitter but hundreds of microseconds of offset. OK, perhaps the crystal is cheap, and the room temperature is definitely not stabilised! This is with ntp 4.2.4p6, and a 16 second minpoll for the refclock (and minpoll 10

[ntp:questions] NTP Leap Second Trace program updated....

2009-03-25 Thread David J Taylor
You can now call the program with a list of ntp nodes to check on the command line: http://www.satsignal.eu/software/net.htm#NTPLeapTrace On my own system, the following nodes are incorrectly showing a leap-second for April 1st: ntp1.arse.org dns0.rmplc.co.uk calx.pulsewidth.org.uk I think

Re: [ntp:questions] Stick to PPS, even if the prefer server fails

2009-03-25 Thread David Mills
alkopedia, We do something like that here with two GPS receivers and two busy servers. However, we assign one GPS receiver and PPS signal to each server. In your case, you want to duplex the receivers and PPS signals. Suggestions: 1. Immediately fire the Linux OS and replace with FreeBSD. It ha

Re: [ntp:questions] Message to webmas...@ntp.org awaiting approval?

2009-03-25 Thread David J Taylor
Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2009-03-25, David J Taylor wrote: > >> I sent a message to the WebMaster on 19 March 2009 at 09:26 and it >> seems to be in a state: >> >> "has been placed on hold, waiting for a human moderator to examine >> it and take appropriate action" >> >> I've heard nothing sin

Re: [ntp:questions] Message to webmas...@ntp.org awaiting approval?

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2009-03-25, David J Taylor wrote: > I sent a message to the WebMaster on 19 March 2009 at 09:26 and it > seems to be in a state: > > "has been placed on hold, waiting for a human moderator to examine > it and take appropriate action" > > I've heard nothing since then. Your message in no lon

Re: [ntp:questions] Using different timebase for ntpd

2009-03-25 Thread Patrick Loschmidt
Hi! Thanks a lot for your detailed answer! Greg Dowd schrieb: > Most if not all commercial ntp appliance manufacturers have some sort of > hardware support, either RTOS, custom clock, better oscillator or even > modified Ethernet devices to support hardware time stamping. Well I'm mostly interes

[ntp:questions] Message to webmas...@ntp.org awaiting approval?

2009-03-25 Thread David J Taylor
I sent a message to the WebMaster on 19 March 2009 at 09:26 and it seems to be in a state: "has been placed on hold, waiting for a human moderator to examine it and take appropriate action" I've heard nothing since then. Is this normal? Thanks, David __