From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 2 14:50:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FCA21507A for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 14:50:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA60166; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 15:50:36 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id PAA31962; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 15:50:35 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200001022250.PAA31962@harmony.village.org> To: Karl Denninger Subject: Re: xntpd - VERY old folks, how about updating? :-) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 02 Jan 2000 16:45:19 CST." <20000102164519.A25992@Denninger.Net> References: <20000102164519.A25992@Denninger.Net> <20000102161029.A25883@Denninger.Net> <20000102103732.A23004@Denninger.Net> <20000102094459.B22738@Denninger.Net> <8426.946828544@critter.freebsd.dk> <20000102103732.A23004@Denninger.Net> <200001022133.OAA31402@harmony.village.org> <20000102161029.A25883@Denninger.Net> <200001022232.PAA31807@harmony.village.org> <20000102163802.A25936@Denninger.Net> <200001022242.PAA31877@harmony.village.org> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 15:50:35 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000102164519.A25992@Denninger.Net> Karl Denninger writes: : Yes, you have HARDWARE timers that do that. : : So what? : : I'm talking about TIME SERVERS on UNIX machines. So am I. : You know, ntpd and friends? Yes, that. That's one of the things in our application. : Now explain to me how stability of your timing source ON THOSE MACHINES : is MATERIALLY different to any process WHICH THAT DEVICE MAY INTERACT WITH : between 10ns and 1us, AS SEEN FROM THE UNIX MACHINE. It is better because the variance in the measurements that we make is much smaller than 1uS would give. : I'm simply not interested in NON-GERMANE devices to the discussion; we were : talking about FreeBSD on REAL computers, not specialty hardware for process : control or nuclear physics experiments. Get a life Karl. I was telling you about my experiences and if you don't like it, take a chill pill or go play in traffic. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message