[ntp:questions] Re: ntp? return value for use in scripts
Maciej W. Rozycki
macro at ds2.pg.gda.pl
Tue Jan 27 12:11:03 UTC 2004
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> Also, there is a --enable-sync-todr (or something) option that may make
> this even easier for you.
Note that syncing a TOY clock within ntpd (i.e. doing it frequently) may
disrupt the operation of the timer tick if the TOY clock is used as a
timer interrupt source (which depends on hardware capabilities and
software configuration). I observe it on a few Linux systems;
unfortunately unpatched Linux does not allow disabling this syncing. For
systems in continuous service, writing the system time back to the TOY
clock upon a shutdown should suffice; if abrupt system shutdowns are
possible, the TOY clock could be additionally synced once per day or so.
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