On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > NTP's aim is mainly to throw out bad clocks and pick one as best. We would > more likely want to combine the outputs and use all of the good clocks we > have. >
By default NTP makes a paper clock from all acceptable sources (up to some maximum) to discipline a/the/its system clock. One source is special -- "The mitigation rules select from among the survivors a *system peer* from which a set of system statistics can be inherited and passed along to dependent clients, if any" -- but not for the discipline process. Unfortunately "peer" can be a bit confusing in this context so I prefer source. This is not to say that the NTP paper clock algorithm is particularly good or suitable for other purposes and the code may be simplified because the assumption is a relatively small (<10) number of "survivors". _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
