On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 01:15:13AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Denninger writes:
> >On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 11:11:51AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Denninger writes:
> >>
> >> >This is not a port, its part of the RELEASE!
> >> >
> >> >Its several YEARS old, and doesn't work right - you get lots of STEP changes
> >> >instead of what you SHOULD get, which is a slew on the system clock.
> >>
> >> Remember to get the kernel code involved. To do this:
> >>
> >> create a driftfile containing "0 1\n"
> >> start xntpd
> >>
> >> That will help.
> >
> >No it won't. I've been running xntpd for oh, four or five years now on
> >various things. Yes, the drift file is there (and has been). Still got the
> >step time messages.
>
> Uhm, Karl, please try to calm down, OK ?
>
> I didn't talk about having a driftfile, I talked about using the kernel
> PLL: ("Remember to get the kernel code involved.")
>
> With xntpd the kernel-pll is very optional, in fact only the source tells
> you that the magic secret second field in your driftfile controls if
> the kernel-PLL should be used or not.
Yes, and my driftfile had that parameter in there. Uhm, Poul, remember I've
been at this for just a LITTLE while. Xntpd is something I had deployed
back in my *Sun* days (back when FreeBSD was, well, non-existent)
> Anyway, ntpd4 is in CURRENT...
Now it is.
And it works correctly too.
Thanks anyway, even with the attitude.
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