[ntp:questions] Re: Everything works! -- but am I doing more than I need to?

Terje Mathisen terje.mathisen at hda.hydro.com
Wed Nov 26 11:07:24 UTC 2003


John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
> Here's the operative part of my /etc/ntp.conf file:
> 
>     pps /dev/oncore.pps.0 assert hardpps
>     server 127.127.30.0 prefer
>     fudge 127.127.30.0 flag3 1
>     server 127.127.22.0
> 
> And here's what ntpq -p shows:
> 
>     +GPS_ONCORE(0)    .GPS.            0 l    5   16  377    0.000    
> 0.000 0.001
>     oPPS(0)            .PPS.            0 l   13   64  377    0.000    
> 0.003   0.003
> 
> My question is how many of those lines in /etc/ntp.conf are needed.
> I've seen references that say that the Oncore driver "handles all the 
> PPS stuff" but without the "server 127.127.22.0" line, I never got the 
> PPS driver to appear in the ntpq -p output.

That's strange, since I've nver even tried to use the PPS signal both 
for ONCORE and ATOM at the same time. I didn't even believe it would 
work. :-)

Terje

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- <Terje.Mathisen at hda.hydro.com>
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