Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 21:25:15 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is tickadj still required in -CURRENT ? Message-ID: <7034.907874715@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 12:20:58 PDT." <199810081920.MAA23658@austin.polstra.com>
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In message <199810081920.MAA23658@austin.polstra.com>, John Polstra writes: >> >The original question was "can tickadj be removed". You answered no. >> >> Sorry, misunderstanding there, yes I think it can be removed. > >It is still useful on 486 machines using the "-t nnnn" option to >correct for badly inaccurate clocks. I don't know of a replacement >for that. Even when running xntpd, this usage of tickadj keeps >the /etc/ntp.drift value within the range claimed to be robustly >compensated by xntpd. Uhm, sorry, no longer true, tickadj has nothing what so ever to do with what time it is any more... -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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