Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-17 Thread Kenyon Ralph
On 2011-12-17T14:36:06-0800, Harlan Stenn wrote: > Chad wrote: > > Nov 20 15:30:06 ntpd[4969]: ntpd 4.2.2p1@1.1570-o Tue Feb 10 22:33:50 UTC > > 2009 (1) > > This version of NTP was released in June of 2006. There have been 2 > major releases of NTP since then - 4.2.4 and 4.2.6. *Many* bugs ha

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-17 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-12-14, Mark C. Stephens wrote: > BSD sounds too good to be true! When something sounds too good to be true then it generally isn't. BTW ... what does this have to do with "New ntp server"? -- Steve Kostecke NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ __

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-17 Thread Harlan Stenn
Chad wrote: > The scenario I'm worried about somewhat different from what has been > described in this thread. I though I would add it to the chain as a use > case developers should be aware of. > > I frequently see incorrect time after a system has been powered off or > even just booted. The

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-17 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-12-17, chad.far...@bull.com wrote: > The scenario I'm worried about somewhat different from what has been > described in this thread. I though I would add it to the chain as a use > case developers should be aware of. > > I frequently see incorrect time after a system has been powered

Re: [ntp:questions] Configure FreeBSD or Linux to use stepping clock?

2011-12-17 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 12/17/2011 12:57 PM, David Malone wrote: Dave Hart writes: I did a bit of searching but of course this is an odd request: "help me degrade the precision of my system clock, please" hasn't come up much. If you have any suggestions, please speak up here, or privately if you prefer. On Fre

Re: [ntp:questions] Configure FreeBSD or Linux to use stepping clock?

2011-12-17 Thread Terje Mathisen
Miroslav Lichvar wrote: Why not degrade the resolution of the clock directly in ntp sources? Good idea. In get_systime(): GET_SYSTIME_AS_TIMESPEC(&ts); ts.tv_nsec /= 100; ts.tv_nsec *= 100; Ouch! I'd far prefer a simple mask, getting rid of the bottom N bit

Re: [ntp:questions] Configure FreeBSD or Linux to use stepping clock?

2011-12-17 Thread David Malone
Dave Hart writes: >I did a bit of searching but of course this is an odd request: "help >me degrade the precision of my system clock, please" hasn't come up >much. If you have any suggestions, please speak up here, or privately >if you prefer. On FreeBSD you could try selecting the "dummy" tim

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-17 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 12/16/2011 7:59 PM, chad.far...@bull.com wrote: The scenario I'm worried about somewhat different from what has been described in this thread. I though I would add it to the chain as a use case developers should be aware of. I frequently see incorrect time after a system has been powered off

Re: [ntp:questions] Later ntp drops logging the initial drift

2011-12-17 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 12/17/2011 9:27 AM, David J Taylor wrote: Folks, I have noted that the logging of the initial drift value in ntp.4.2.4 - messages like: "frequency initialized 0.423 PPM from C:\Tools\NTP\etc\ntp.drift" have been dropped from later versions of ntp (4.2.7 tested). I don't recall the users bei

[ntp:questions] Later ntp drops logging the initial drift

2011-12-17 Thread David J Taylor
Folks, I have noted that the logging of the initial drift value in ntp.4.2.4 - messages like: "frequency initialized 0.423 PPM from C:\Tools\NTP\etc\ntp.drift" have been dropped from later versions of ntp (4.2.7 tested). I don't recall the users being asked whether they wanted this change,

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-17 Thread Chad . Farmer
The scenario I'm worried about somewhat different from what has been described in this thread. I though I would add it to the chain as a use case developers should be aware of. I frequently see incorrect time after a system has been powered off or even just booted. The amount of time varies a