Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 00:13:30 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> To: John Hein <john.hein@microsemi.com> Cc: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System clock falls behind quickly on Mac mini G4 Message-ID: <20140408171330.GA69991@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20140408141602.GA39088@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20140328071714.GA45961@regency.nsu.ru> <CAFY7cWBCFmtx4Tsg3=mSJyscpk5nCY3S6Sxy52TKEoTmy1sFPA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOtEoqG_RJ2D9vSb7mO-UfT13RZbAb04p6rV2mWLBu=H9Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140329100134.GA7863@regency.nsu.ru> <20140404144753.GA58190@regency.nsu.ru> <21311.7096.419714.506103@gromit.timing.com> <20140408141602.GA39088@regency.nsu.ru>
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 09:16:02PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 02:53:12PM -0600, John Hein wrote: > > Alexey Dokuchaev danfe-at-nsu.ru wrote at 21:47 +0700 on Apr 4, 2014: > > > Running ntpd(8) unfortunately does not make things better (well maybe it > > > helps a bit, but clock still drifts away pretty fast). I guess my only > > > option is to run ntpdate(8) periodically. :-( > > > > You could try chronyd vs. ntpd - the former works with a larger > > frequency error. Untested by me. I also don't think we have a port > > yet. > > Thanks for suggestion; I'll take a look into chronyd and report of the > results. I've discovered there was PR filed on it back in 2012 (ports/174263), but apparently swills@ got sidetracked, so it was not committed until now. I have added it as of r350635. Unfortunately, it does not work on PowerPC, at least for me it dies with ``Could not open any NTP socket'' message on startup. :-( ./danfe
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