From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 5 21:02:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA25193 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 5 May 1998 21:02:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA25045 for ; Tue, 5 May 1998 21:02:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (localhost.softweyr.com [127.0.0.1]) by softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA28923; Tue, 5 May 1998 22:01:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <354FE0AF.AE6C55B7@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 22:01:51 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Studded CC: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: should we update xntp in the base system to newest ntp version ? References: <19980505175215.A3650@klemm.gtn.com> <354F8D80.327FA42B@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Studded wrote: > > Andreas Klemm wrote: > > > > The version we have is based on ntp 3.4e. > > > Does somebody know, if there is a demand to upgrade xntpd ? > > Yes, yes, 1,000 times yes. I've only asked for this about that number > of times. :) The reaons for the upgrade being desirable include several > bug fixes, *vastly* improved efficiency and several new features. Including (pretty much) working support for most portable GPS units with an 'NMEA-0183' serial interface, like my Garmin GPS-II. It's pretty cool to be able to have a (relatively) reliable local time clock for $129, plus about $35 for a data cable. ;^) > I've done a lot of > research on NTP and have deployed a world-wide time server network > including a lot of freebsd servers so this is a topic near to my heart. Me too, having recently spent a lot of effort smashing it into VxWorks to run on the layer-3 switching equipment at my 'day job.' If you connect a GPS to the 'modem' port on the switches processing module, you can implement your own time server network across your lan/wan/ campus network with *no* external references. Cool, eh? Of course, you can provide the same time services for a lot less with the same small GPS and a 386sx/16 running FreeBSD, with an NE2000 in it. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message