[ntp:hackers] [gsoc]student applying for idea "Implement adjfreq()"

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed Mar 21 07:57:38 UTC 2012


Hal wrote:
> [Context is Linux TSC calibration not getting reproducible answers.]
> 
> stenn at ntp.org said:
>> The same problem happens when folks use tickadj to change the value
>> of "tick" away from the default, and then restart ntpd using a drift
>> file value that was based on the "other" version of "tick".
> 
>> Years ago I tried a few times to get the value of tick written to the
>> driftfile, but that didn't happen.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea to me.  Is there there a bugzilla entry?

No, my idea/proposal was vetoed.

H


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