[ntp:questions] Re: ntpd PLL and clock overshoot
Hal Murray
hmurray at suespammers.org
Sun Oct 15 01:59:22 UTC 2006
[100% overshoot]
>I believe that Dave Mills has already explained that the problem is due
> to changes in the adjtime() routine in both Sun Solaris and Unix.
>This being the case, the choices would seem to be:
>a. Live with it.
>b. Get Sun and the Linux developers to back out the change to adjtime()
>that broke ntpd.
>c. Provide a custom adjtime() for each platform affected. I suspect
>that the routine in question runs in kernel mode and may be part of the
>kernel so that this may be easier said than done!
I assume the fix is something simple like replacing a select with
a simple assignment.
For Linux, it would help some of us if somebody would track down
the place that needs fixing and publish a diff. I took a quick
scan and didn't find it, but my kernel may be before somebody added
that tweak.
--
The suespammers.org mail server is located in California. So are all my
other mailboxes. Please do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or unsolicited
commercial e-mail to my suespammers.org address or any of my other addresses.
These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam.
More information about the questions
mailing list