[ntp:questions] Any chance of getting bugs 2164 and 1577 moving?

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed Mar 21 21:52:55 UTC 2012


> My take is the precision output might say your device is -19 so you
> know its accuracy is around 2/microseconds. But the offset several
> decimal places allows you to see its ever changing accuracy within
> that 2/microsecond band to a greater detail than just -1, 0, or 1
> microseconds. I guess its just a matter of getting more granular
> details for cool MRTG charting. :)

Except it's not - it's really just "noise" and one must be careful about
interpreting it as "signal".

H


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