On Tuesday 03 November 2009 20:09:49 Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> On 11/03/09 17:42, Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > Philosophical question: Has anyone posted a requirement to SHARE or
> > some such to get an interface to an NTP source into the firmware so that
> > the TOD clock can be synchronized to a reliable source (other than the
> > operator's wristwatch or the computer room's wall clock)?
> >
> > I've wondered about that ever since Linux-390 happened. :-)
>
> Often discussed on IBM-MAIN. IBM's position appears to be, "We have
> a [S]NTP server, but our clocks, with STP, synched to NIST, etc. are so
> much better than any others that it would be inappropriate for us to
> be an NTP client." IBM doesn't get a very good grade in "Plays well with
> others", IMO.
>
But that sounds to me like a different issue. Does that, in fact,
provide
the capability for the machine to obtain an accurate TOD value from some
external NTPish source, without operator intervention?
Leslie
