Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:26:21 +0100 | From | Alessandro Zummo <> | Subject | Re: NTP time sync |
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:51:53 +0000 Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > 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.
I agree. I would like to coordinate this effort together with the ntp folks so that we can find a viable solution.
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Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
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