Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] DIDs - an idea -or- I didn't read the AFP specs completely yet
From: Donald L. Nash (D.Nash@utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 16 1998 - 09:54:31 EDT
--On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 9:21 AM -0400 "William LeFebvre" <wnl@groupsys.com>
wrote:
>> what about the action on xntpd and the
>> adjustments it makes to keep correct time.
>
> xntp does its thing by slewing the clock (not explicitly setting it).
Xntpd will step-adjust the clock if it is too far off for a slewing
adjustment to be feasible. The exact threshold for this is a configurable
parameter. It will repeatedly step-adjust the clock if the clock frequency
is too far out of spec. to keep it disciplined via slewing adjustments.
Many x86 Unix boxes I've worked with have this problem, but it can be fixed
by tinkering with the Unix kernel to account for the off-frequency clock.
-- Donald L. Nash, <D.Nash@utexas.edu>, PGP Key ID: 0x689DA021 The University of Texas System Office of Telecommunication Services PGP Key Fingerprint: D6D2 CBEE 8F56 60B2 736C 031A A1E0 AF3D
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Sat Dec 18 1999 - 16:32:25 EST