From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 1 16:27: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from Genesis.Denninger.Net (209-176-244-82.inil.com [209.176.244.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B721F1501B for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 16:27:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Genesis.Denninger.Net) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Genesis.Denninger.Net (8.9.3/8.8.2) id SAA17473; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 18:26:50 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <20000101182650.B17456@Denninger.Net> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 18:26:50 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xntpd - VERY old folks, how about updating? :-) References: <20000101093905.B11872@Denninger.Net> <23804.946772113@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <23804.946772113@critter.freebsd.dk>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 01:15:13AM +0100 Organization: Karl's Sushi and Packet Smashers X-Die-Spammers: Spammers cheerfully broiled for supper and served with ketchup! Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 01:15:13AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20000101093905.B11872@Denninger.Net>, Karl Denninger writes: > >On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 11:11:51AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <19991231225535.A8004@Denninger.Net>, Karl Denninger writes: > >> > >> >This is not a port, its part of the RELEASE! > >> > > >> >Its several YEARS old, and doesn't work right - you get lots of STEP changes > >> >instead of what you SHOULD get, which is a slew on the system clock. > >> > >> Remember to get the kernel code involved. To do this: > >> > >> create a driftfile containing "0 1\n" > >> start xntpd > >> > >> That will help. > > > >No it won't. I've been running xntpd for oh, four or five years now on > >various things. Yes, the drift file is there (and has been). Still got the > >step time messages. > > Uhm, Karl, please try to calm down, OK ? > > I didn't talk about having a driftfile, I talked about using the kernel > PLL: ("Remember to get the kernel code involved.") > > With xntpd the kernel-pll is very optional, in fact only the source tells > you that the magic secret second field in your driftfile controls if > the kernel-PLL should be used or not. Yes, and my driftfile had that parameter in there. Uhm, Poul, remember I've been at this for just a LITTLE while. Xntpd is something I had deployed back in my *Sun* days (back when FreeBSD was, well, non-existent) > Anyway, ntpd4 is in CURRENT... Now it is. And it works correctly too. Thanks anyway, even with the attitude. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Web: http://childrens-justice.org Isn't it time we started putting KIDS first? See the above URL for a plan to do exactly that! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message