[ntp:questions] Using different timebase for ntpd

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid
Mon Mar 23 22:07:16 UTC 2009


Steve Kostecke wrote:
> On 2009-03-23, Patrick Loschmidt <Patrick.Loschmidt at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to replace the linux/unix system clock by a special clock
>> maintained on a PCI card.
> 
> The RTC on the motherboard or the kernel clock? ntpd ignores the former
> and disciplines the latter.

As I understand it, he is replacing the kernel clock's role, so he needs 
to replace all the system calls that read and discipline the kernel 
clocks by ones that read and discipline the special hardware.




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