[ntp:questions] NTP not syncing

David Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Fri Dec 6 15:48:44 UTC 2013


On 06/12/2013 09:42, Jos van de Ven wrote:
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> http://www.synclab.org/?tag=raspberry%20pi
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> Quote:
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> The Raspberry Pi does not ship with a TSC or HPET counter to use as clocksource. Instead it relies on the STC that raspbian presents as a clocksource. Based on the source code, "STC: a free running counter that increments at the rate of 1MHz".

Thanks for that pointer, Jos.  It's easy to add a GPS/PPS board to the 
RPi, and then you get performance (as reported by NTP) such as seen on 
the five RPi cards here:

   http://www.satsignal.eu/mrtg/performance_ntp.php

-- 
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu



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