[ntp:questions] Re: Post processing of NTP data...

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk.invalid
Thu Sep 29 15:44:33 UTC 2005


Val Schmidt wrote:
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> 5) To date, Sun and FreeBSD have proved very good at catching time
> interrupts reliably, while LInux and Windows often skip interrupts
> when under system load. It is not clear to me if Intel hardware is
> part of the problem.

I believe that FreeBSD also runs on Intel hardware, so you can rile out 
Intel hardware as the cause of lost interrupts.  It's the way the software 
is written.

David 





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