[ntp:questions] Any chance of getting bugs 2164 and 1577 moving?

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Fri Mar 23 05:07:20 UTC 2012


"E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists" 
<Null at BlackList.Anitech-Systems.invalid> wrote in message 
news:jkgjpo$vf$1 at dont-email.me...
[]
> I checked two typical desktops here: ntpq -c "rv &0"
> processor="x86", system="Windows", leap=00, stratum=3, precision=-21,
>
> ~477ns ?

.. and I have one reporting -22!  Hence the need for more investigation 
and understanding.

> loopstats' clock offset and RMS jitter are to the nano-second ?
>
> That should be good for up to maybe precision=-30 ?

Here's a typical line:
  56006 12567.480 0.003754344 7.420 0.000799395 0.036695 6

Precision of the fields:
day: integer
second: 3 digits, milliseconds
offset: 9 digits, nanoseconds
drift compensation: 3 digits (of parts per million)
estimated error: 9 digits
stability: 6 digits
polling interval: integer

> precision=-19 is ~001.907us ?
> Would not a factor of 10 be hundreds of nano-seconds?

Yes, for -19, but what about my -22 system?  In any case, I was simply 
suggesting that the same data should be available through ntpq as through 
loopstats.  The precision with which that data should be reported is not 
an issue in the bug report.

Cheers,
David 



More information about the questions mailing list