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SubjectRe: NTP time sync
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:36:33PM +0100, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
>
>
> wrto the in-kernel NTP synchronization,
> as discussed before [1], my opinion
> is that it should be done in userland.
>
> Keeping it in kernel implies subtle code
> in each of the supported architectures.
>
> So, if the arch maintainers agree,
> I would suggest to schedule it for removal.
>
> [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/28/358

Fine, provided there's also a shell tool that can enquire whether the
kernel is sync'd or not. (Currently the 11-minute update does not
occur when the kernel is desynced from a time source - the RTC itself
might be more accurate in this case.)

Throwing hwclock commands into crontab such that they do not take
note of the kernel's sync status is probably a very bad move in that
respect.

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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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