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.
-- gil
