[ntp:questions] Bug 2314, Clock jitter reads zero in the loopstats file
Mischanko, Edward T
Edward.Mischanko at arcelormittal.com
Thu Jan 10 05:44:04 UTC 2013
I checked my home FreeBSD 8.2 NTP server for the clk_jitter reads zero bug, and yes, I see it too when using PPS kernel discipline.
server 127.127.22.1 flag3 1
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/drivers/driver22.html
So, I need to understand what "Controls the kernel PPS discipline" means and what the differences in code are between disabled, (default), and enabled are. I also need to understand the importance of the clock jitter statistic; I notice that system jitter is still reported with kernel PPS discipline enabled. If system jitter is less --yet to be determined--with kernel PPS discipline enabled, wouldn't that imply that kernel PPS would be prefered, regardless of reported clock jitter? Again, I have been mostly concerned with the clock offset and the stability of the frequency. I need to understand the importance and differences in both clock jitter and system jitter?
Regards,
Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mischanko, Edward T
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:34 PM
> To: 'David J Taylor'
> Subject: RE: Raspberry Pi Linux distributions w/ NTP
>
> David,
>
> I'm glad I was able to suggest something that is helpful. As to
> what it means.... I am guessing that something in the Linux
> kernel is not quite right when it comes to NTP. What that
> something is, I don't know. Is it possible to submit a bug to
> the Linux community as to how they are implementing PPS support
> in their kernel?
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David J Taylor [mailto:david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:40 AM
> > To: Mischanko, Edward T
> > Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi Linux distributions w/ NTP
> >
> > OK, Ed. I changed RasPi-1 at 14:20 UTC, Please let me know
> if
> > you see any
> > difference....
> >
> > http://www.satsignal.eu/mrtg/performance_ntp.php
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David
> > ==============================
> >
> > Interestingly, clk_jitter is now being reported as 0.004 ms,
> and
> > the zero
> > jitter in bug 2314 is not present in the loopstats. It seems
> to
> > be
> > stabilising at 0.003815 ms.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David
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