Re: [ntp:questions] What level of timesynch error is typical onWinXP?

2010-11-02 Thread David L. Mills
Miroslav, I ran the same test here on four different machines with the expected results. These included Solaris on both SPARC and Intel machines, as well as two FreeBSD machines. I tested with and without the kernel, with initial offset 300 ms (including step correction) and 100 ms. I tested

Re: [ntp:questions] What level of timesynch error is typical onWinXP?

2010-11-02 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 01:29:14PM +, David L. Mills wrote: > This doesn't make any sense. Your data show the frequency set to 0.0 > and the a series of clock steps after that. If this is with your > simulator, try it with the real machine. I have tested with three > machines herewith and witho

Re: [ntp:questions] systems won't synchronize no matter what

2010-11-02 Thread David L. Mills
Miroslav, The extra complexity is not worth the benefit. Dave Miroslav Lichvar wrote: On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 02:49:57PM +, David L. Mills wrote: There is a very good reason. First, the kernel can an only be switched between PLL and FLL mode discreetly, while the daemon has a gradual

Re: [ntp:questions] What level of timesynch error is typical onWinXP?

2010-11-02 Thread David L. Mills
Miroslav, This doesn't make any sense. Your data show the frequency set to 0.0 and the a series of clock steps after that. If this is with your simulator, try it with the real machine. I have tested with three machines herewith and without kernel and with no such problems. Dave Miroslav Lic