[ntp:questions] Re: Reading time offset from ntp variables using ntpq
Daniel Kabs
daniel.kabs at gmx.de
Thu Feb 16 08:50:47 UTC 2006
Hello David!
> As to which timestamp is "correct" you will need to read the
> architecture briefing on the NTP project page.
That's not fair. I just wanted to use NTP as a tool to measure the time
drift of my system clock and now you pull the dreaded "read the
architecture briefing" weapon on me. What have I done to you to deserve
this? :-)
> While at it, understand
> the raw offset measurement does not reflect the actual clock offset,
> as the latter is determined by the clock discipline algorithm
> described in the briefings on the project page. [...]
You are talking about "clock discipline". That's confusing me as I am
running ntpd using option "disable ntp" which (according to your
implementation documentation) should disable time and frequency discipline.
Cheers
Daniel
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