[ntp:questions] nmea and initial large offset

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.invalid
Sun May 23 09:40:55 UTC 2010


Dave Hart wrote:

>> I'm afraid i have to add a workaround in my application which also gets the gps input,
>> to set the time when it's more then 4 hours away from gps time.
> 
> I think a better answer is to disable ntpd's "panic" threshold
> entirely with "tinker panic 0" in ntp.conf.

I thought the panic limit was 1,000 seconds.  Has this been changed?

I thought the 4 hours was a new limit, that applied even if told not to 
panic on the first setting.




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