[ntp:questions] Power-saving patch to NTP
Uwe Klein
uwe_klein_habertwedt at t-online.de
Mon May 19 08:25:35 UTC 2008
Hi Martin,
Martin Burnicki wrote:
> The next releases (i.e. v4.2.4p5 and v4.2.6) will support interface changes
> much better than older versions, at least after startup.
> Unfortunately Linux uses an implementation of network sockets which differs
> from the implementation in other Unices, so ntpd does not receive
> notifications on interface changes under Linux. Instead, ntpd has to scan
> the interfaces in certain intervals to see if something has changed.
polling is imho the least pleasant solution. The trend (in linux) is towards
waiting on events/signaling.
IMHO having ntp react to signaling of some kind or other would suffice.
d-bus or the if-up if-down scripts should be able to give all the
information wanted?
uwe
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