[ntp:questions] ntpd, boot time, and hot plugging
Kenneth Porter
shiva.blacklist at sewingwitch.com
Wed Feb 2 14:48:02 UTC 2005
There's been some discussion on the Fedora-devel list about ways to speed
up booting for workstations. One of the things that slows down the boot
process is waiting for an initial network time sync. I'd like to solicit
opinions on how to organize the interaction between ntpd, the OS, the boot
scripts, the network interfaces (which may come and go; think mobile
devices), and possible hot-plugged local time sources. There was also
discussion a few months ago about getting NTP server addresses from DHCP,
so that should be considered.
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