Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Hastie wrote: > > >> phase=-9.595, frequency=4339962.464, jitter=4.230, stability=10.844 > > > > > > Wow. I thought ntpd had a 500 max for that. > > Yes, it does. > > When you consider that the unit is 'parts per million', 4,339,962.464 is > clearly a bogus value. Especially since, if I'm getting the sign right, > that'd mean the system clock runs *backwards* over 3s for every 1s of > true time.
Note that 2**32 is 4,294,967,296. I suspect that the PPM value being reported here is biased by that number somehow, or it's just complete random nonsense biased on a 32-bit word of junk. Tim. _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
