I'm not about this weekend either, so play will recommence sometime next
week. I'ts synching with a collection of uk.pool servers at the mo,
just for the heck of it.
Yes, that was how I started when getting the box working - it proved that
basic NTP and the network were both OK. I actually
In article hq7ocu$nn...@news.eternal-september.org, david-
tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid says...
Well..
It compiled and installed OK now! :)
[]
Next step, to spark up NTPD and see if that plays. But that may have to
wait till next week, as I'm away for the weekend now. I already
I might have some progress on this. More news later. It seems to be
compiling now.
I missed something in the instructions, as you do, when it's late and
the eyes are going.
Regards.
Dave B.
I used copy and paste from my Web browser into the terminal emulator
session!
Cheers,
David
In article hq7bqa$ov...@news.eternal-september.org, david-
tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid says...
I might have some progress on this. More news later. It seems to be
compiling now.
I missed something in the instructions, as you do, when it's late and
the eyes are going.
Regards.
Well..
It compiled and installed OK now! :)
[]
Next step, to spark up NTPD and see if that plays. But that may have to
wait till next week, as I'm away for the weekend now. I already have a
pre configured GPS RX ready to go however.
Thanks everyone for your time and patience.
Dave B.
On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:51 PM, unruh wrote:
Kernel PPS_SYNC discipline is capable of providing around +/- 120 nanosecond
accuracy.
While an ethernet packet containing NTP timestamps might well fire off an
interrupt from the NIC, not only is the network ISR a lot more complicated
and slower
On 2010-04-15, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote:
On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:51 PM, unruh wrote:
Kernel PPS_SYNC discipline is capable of providing around +/- 120
nanosecond accuracy.
While an ethernet packet containing NTP timestamps might well fire off an
interrupt from the NIC, not only is
Hi all again.
I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:-
http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145
[]
I did have to go back into sysinstall, to download and install the
system sources, but after that, right up to the make buildkernel
command, all had gone as described.
So, what's missing, and
Dave Baxter wrote:
I'll try the 'build world' (Exact syntax?) thing, but perhaps this is
becoming less than practical, as the machine is a P3/700 with only
256MEG of Ram, and a 15Gig drive. (A Gateway E1400, one of these...
http://support.gateway.com/s/manuals/servers/eseries/8504419.pdf)
I
Hi.
[]
I was under the impression from prior comments that FreeBSD etc, was
good for older lower power machines. But if you need turbo nutterbuster
PC's to build it in the first place, just to enable PPS
The kettle call's.
Regards.
Dave B
As another datum for you, rebuilding the
Hi
As I had told it during the main OS install, not to enable remote
logins, sshd and all that (as I do not intend to remote admin the thing,
as I have a KVM switch between 4 machines!) I think yet another
protracted full clean install would be needed to do much of that. :(
I do not have
In article 82klvaf1h...@mid.individual.net, sn...@lordynet.org says...
G8KBV wrote:
So, what's missing, and where how can I get it.
Anyone here know what went wrong, or do I go looking for a newbie
friendly f'bsd group (not found one of those yet.)
I've just downloaded the sources
In article hq3pem$h1...@news.eternal-september.org, david-
tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid says...
Hi all again.
I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:-
http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145
[]
I did have to go back into sysinstall, to download and install the
system sources, but
Dave Baxter wrote:
In article _didnrmzoqhxzlnwnz2dnuvz_q6dn...@giganews.com, rgilbert88
@comcast.net says...
G8KBV wrote:
In article f49920cd-8c36-4b78-94f1-1d8d5c092...@mac.com,
cswi...@mac.com says...
On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote:
When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC'
On 2010-04-14, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote:
Hi all again.
I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:-
http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145
[]
I did have to go back into sysinstall, to download and install the
system sources, but after that, right up to the
I am still confused as to why people recompile their kernel to put in
the kernel PPS. Just use the regular ntp devices like shm and a program
like gpsd to run pps from userland. I have no idea what advantages the
kernel PPS provides, certainly considering the pain of recompiling the
kernel. In
Hi--
On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:08 AM, David J Taylor wrote:
I think you are correct in your final statement, but my understanding (albeit
limited) is that kernel PPS provides better performance, and is used for a
very limited set of operations (possibly just timestamping the PPS signal).
All
On 2010-04-14, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote:
Hi--
On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:08 AM, David J Taylor wrote:
I think you are correct in your final statement, but my understanding
(albeit limited) is that kernel PPS provides better performance, and is used
for a very limited set of operations
In article mpg.262f9241c42d4d01989...@news.btopenworld.com,
s...@goes.nowhere.com says...
In article _didnrmzoqhxzlnwnz2dnuvz_q6dn...@giganews.com, rgilbert88
@comcast.net says...
G8KBV wrote:
In article f49920cd-8c36-4b78-94f1-1d8d5c092...@mac.com,
cswi...@mac.com says...
On
On Apr 14, 2010, at 2:15 PM, unruh wrote:
On 2010-04-14, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote:
The main point seems to be that a PPS signal should have much more reliable
latency and less jitter, so when you examine the current clock and any
adjustment, you can use the PPS signal offset
On 2010-04-15, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote:
On Apr 14, 2010, at 2:15 PM, unruh wrote:
On 2010-04-14, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote:
The main point seems to be that a PPS signal should have much more reliable
latency and less jitter, so when you examine the current clock and any
Hi all again.
I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:-
http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145
As earlier, so far so good (if after several tries, eventualy getting
FreeBSD loaded and running) I'm at the stage of enabling PPS support in
the kernel.
But
After successfully adding 'options
On 4/13/10 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote:
Hi all again.
I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:-
http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145
As earlier, so far so good (if after several tries, eventualy getting
FreeBSD loaded and running) I'm at the stage of enabling PPS support in
the kernel.
But
On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote:
When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC'
Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt
know how to build the kernel.
Err, what!
That should be KERNCONF, not KENRCONF. Of course, you should provide the exact
In article f49920cd-8c36-4b78-94f1-1d8d5c092...@mac.com,
cswi...@mac.com says...
On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote:
When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC'
Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt
know how to build the kernel.
Err,
On Apr 13, 2010, at 3:59 PM, G8KBV wrote:
Typo on my part. In the posting AFIK.
OK...although it's hard to say for sure. :-)
[ ... ]
I can't copy/paste from the FreeBSD machine to this one, and I have no
idea how to copy paste from the command line/terminal screen, to a
floppy (or
G8KBV wrote:
In article f49920cd-8c36-4b78-94f1-1d8d5c092...@mac.com,
cswi...@mac.com says...
On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote:
When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC'
Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt
know how to build the kernel.
Err,
G8KBV wrote:
Hi all again.
I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:-
http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145
As earlier, so far so good (if after several tries, eventualy getting
FreeBSD loaded and running) I'm at the stage of enabling PPS support in
the kernel.
But
After successfully
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