[ntp:questions] Time reset

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk
Sat May 3 05:48:09 UTC 2008


Unruh wrote:
[]
> But ntp arguably should handle jumps in time or frequency faster than
> the hours or days it takes now.

Why?  A jump (to me) implies an error in the hardware.  Who is to say that 
it's a one-off jump, or that it might not occur again in a few seconds, 
minutes ot hours?  Should it not be the hardware which is corrected, not 
NTP?

<G>

Cheers,
David 





More information about the questions mailing list